Posts by SharpBrains
Seven resources, brain teasers and puzzles to celebrate Brain Awareness Week 2024
We invite you to celebrate Brain Awareness Week (March 11–17th, 2024) by exploring more about our minds and brains and by putting them to good use via some fun brain teasers, puzzles and illusions :-) Draw the letter J in your mind. Now draw the letter D. Turn it 90 degrees to the left and put it in…
Read MoreExecutive Functions and Dysfunction in Brain Health and Brain Disorders: Dates announced for Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg’s Symposium in Costa Rica
We are pleased to announce a fantastic 5‑day professional development opportunity featuring our Advisor and renowned author and neuropsychologist Elkhonon Goldberg, Ph.D., ABPP., and titled “Executive Functions and Dysfunction in Brain Health and Brain Disorders. Frontal Lobes, Distributed Networks, and the Whole Brain.” The information presented will aid practitioners and researchers alike in advancing their knowledge…
Read MoreBest books offering brain teasers and puzzles according to ChatSpot and ChatGPT
Having recently queried ChatGPT and ChatSpot about suggestions for books on brain health, cognitive fitness, cognitive ability and skills, we decided to ask about best books offering brain teasers and puzzles so that interested readers can expand their cognitive exercise resources. (Links open corresponding Amazon book pages) Best books with brain teasers and puzzles, per ChatSpot:…
Read MoreBest books on cognitive ability and skills according to ChatSpot and ChatGPT
As a follow-up to the article Best books on brain health and cognitive fitness according to ChatSpot and ChatGPT we decided to find out what these popular AI chatbots say about books to understand and improve cognitive ability and skills. Here you are: (Links open corresponding Amazon book pages) Best books on cognitive ability and skills, per…
Read MoreBest books on brain health and cognitive fitness according to ChatSpot and ChatGPT
Out of curiosity we queried a couple popular AI chatbots, ChatSpot and ChatGPT free versions, about the best books in a couple of key topics we discuss a lot in this blog. Here are the fascinating results, and some brief commentary at the end. (Links open corresponding Amazon book pages.) Best books on brain health, per…
Read MoreSystematic review finds more clinical harm than benefits in Alzheimer’s “treatments” lecanemab, aducanumab, and donanemab
Study questions benefit of new Alzheimer’s drug (UGA Today): Last summer, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration fully approved the first drug shown to slow the progress of Alzheimer’s. But new research from the University of Georgia suggests that patients and caregivers may not experience any benefit from the drug in their daily lives. The drug, Leqembi,…
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