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Monthly e‑newsletter: Do you actually like that song or do you merely think you do?

November 30, 2017 by SharpBrains

Time for Sharp­Brains’ Novem­ber e‑newsletter, explor­ing the fron­tiers in applied brain sci­ence and start­ing this time with a fas­ci­nat­ing study and initiative.

New thinking

  • Neu­roin­for­mat­ics meets music: Do you actu­al­ly like that song or do you mere­ly think you do?
  • Sur­vey: Par­ents view Exer­cise as more effec­tive than Pre­scrip­tion Med­ica­tions to treat chil­dren with ADHD
  • Top Resources for Edu­ca­tors on Learn­ing and the Brain
  • Neu­rotech­nol­o­gy and arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence (AI) can enhance our lives if it pre­serves our 1) pri­va­cy, 2) iden­ti­ty, 3) agency and 4) equal­i­ty, researchers say

Emerging toolkit for brain health & enhancement:

  • The New York Times acknowl­edges that (as clear­ly doc­u­ment­ed for 10+ years) Exer­cise and Brain Train­ing are BOTH cru­cial for life­long brain fitness
  • The future (of Brain Health & Enhance­ment) is already here — it’s just not very even­ly distributed
  • Bill Gates announces $50 mil­lion invest­ment to fight Alzheimer’s Disease
  • Eth­i­cal issues raised around deep brain stim­u­la­tion (DBS) research

News about the 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (December 5–7th):

– Judg­ing Pan­el for the Brain­no­va­tions Pitch Contest
  • News: 12 Final­ists named to take part in the Brain­no­va­tions Pitch Contest
  • 14 new Speak­ers con­firmed at the 2017 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Summit
  • Check out the lat­est Sum­mit Agen­da and Meet over 50 Experts and Inno­va­tors shap­ing Brain Health & Enhancement

 

Have a great month of December…and see many of you at the vir­tu­al sum­mit next week!

With 210 par­tic­i­pants reg­is­tered so far–and many already intro­duc­ing each oth­er via our pri­vate LinkedIn group–we know it’s going to be fun and worthwhile 🙂

The Sharp­Brains Team

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: adhd, Brain-health, exercise, Neuroinformatics

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