Update: Humankind’s evolving quest to enhance the brain and the mind

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Time for the first Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter in the new decade, fea­tur­ing a range of inspir­ing and (most­ly) promis­ing news about humankind’s evolv­ing quest to enhance the brain and the mind, and a few fun brain teasers 🙂

New thinking:

• The Neu­ro­Gen­er­a­tion and Humankind’s Quest to Enhance the Brain
• UCSF to open inno­v­a­tive neu­rol­o­gy clin­ic to address “diag­nos­tic odyssey”
• For Span­ish speak­ers: watch pre­sen­ta­tion of El Cere­bro Que Cura

New research:

• Five pro­found ways phys­i­cal exer­cise shapes your brain and mind
• Hav­ing ADHD costs $1.1 mil­lion in low­er life­time earn­ings, even when “treat­ed”
• Reminder: Pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment oppor­tu­ni­ty with neu­ropsy­chol­o­gist Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg

New tools:

• The birth of “every­day” brain-com­put­er interfaces
• Grow­ing inter­est in (and ques­tions around) brain train­ing cen­ters for kids with spe­cial needs
• Neu­rotech seen at CES 2020: Brain­Co pros­thet­ic hand, Urgonight, Alpha-Stim X, NIRSIT Lite, Muse S and FocusFit

A few quick brain teasers to workout your prefrontal cortex:

• Can you read this face?
• 12 fun rid­dles to wel­come a sharp new year

 

Have a great February,

 

The Sharp­Brains Team