Update: Trained older brains can outperform untrained younger ones at demanding cognitive tasks

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Time for Sharp­Brains e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing the lat­est research, tools and think­ing for life­long brain health and men­tal well-being — and a cou­ple fun brain teasers :-)

New brain research:

• Can trained old­er brains out­per­form untrained younger ones at demand­ing cog­ni­tive tasks? Quick answer: YES
• Sep­tem­ber 17th @ UC Berke­ley: Dis­rupt­ing neu­rode­gen­er­a­tive diseases

New neurotech and digital health:

• Har­ness­ing inno­v­a­tive neu­rotech­nolo­gies to pro­vide bet­ter urgent care at Ban­ner Health
• Phar­ma indus­try warm­ing up to dig­i­tal therapeutics
• Dig­i­tal Cog­ni­tive Behav­ioral Ther­a­py (CBTi) may become the uni­ver­sal first-line treat­ment for insomnia

New thinking on brain and mind:

• Pos­i­tive soli­tude, Feel­ing active and Future-mind­ednes: Three Keys to Well-being
• Study finds psy­chi­atric diag­noses to be ‘sci­en­tif­i­cal­ly meaningless’

And a couple fun brain teasers:

• Quick brain teas­er to deter­mine your stress levels
• Test your cog­ni­tive flexibility

Have a great month of September,

The Sharp­Brains Team