Update: New book by Daniel Goleman & Richard Davidson describes how long-term meditation can improve our minds, brains, and bodies

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Time for Sharp­Brains’ Sep­tem­ber e‑newsletter, this time dis­cussing a range of top­ics from med­i­ta­tion research to the first FDA-cleared dig­i­tal ther­a­peu­tic to upcom­ing events at the fron­tier of applied brain sci­ence. Also, a warn­ing: Par­ents, coach­es, teach­ers, –you can read why below–  let’s find safer sports for kids to play than Amer­i­can football.

New research

• New book by Daniel Gole­man and Richard David­son describes how long-term med­i­ta­tion can improve our minds, brains, and bodies
• Study shows how online mind­ful­ness inter­ven­tions can reduce work-relat­ed rumi­na­tion and fatigue, and improve sleep quality
• Play­ing Amer­i­can foot­ball before age 12 is linked to long-term neu­ropsy­chi­atric and cog­ni­tive problems
• Explore the future with David Bartrés-Faz, Prin­ci­pal Inves­ti­ga­tor of the Barcelona Brain Health Initiative

New tools

• FDA clears first CBT-based dig­i­tal ther­a­peu­tic to treat sub­stance abuse disorders
• 10 Solvers select­ed @ MIT Solve’s Brain Health Challenge
• Vir­tu­al real­i­ty games and relat­ed neu­rotech­nolo­gies spark a new gen­er­a­tion of demen­tia & cog­ni­tive tests
• Belén Guer­ra-Car­ril­lo to speak about Cog­ni­tion, Learn­ing and How to Con­duct a 200,000-participant Study at the 2017 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Summit

New thinking

• Announce­ment: The Brain­no­va­tions Pitch Con­test is Accept­ing Submissions!
• Two Alvaros lead­ing brain health @ Brain­Fu­tures 2017
• An amaz­ing ecosys­tem for brain health & enhance­ment: 12 Spon­sors and Part­ners @ 2017 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Summit

Upcoming events

• Octo­ber 6–7th in Stan­ford Uni­ver­si­ty: Vir­tu­al Real­i­ty and Behav­ior Change in Psy­chi­a­try and Behav­ioral Health
• Brain Longevi­ty Ther­a­py Train­ing, by The Alzheimer’s Research & Pre­ven­tion Foun­da­tion, to take place Octo­ber 19th-22nd
• Dr. Tom Insel and 12 oth­er world-class brain experts con­firmed to Speak @ 2017 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit (Decem­ber 5–7th, 2017)
• Final 10 days to sub­mit nom­i­na­tions for the Glob­al Teacher Prize 2018

Have a great month of October!

The Sharp­Brains Team