May e‑newsletter: MIT Solve launches Brain Health Challenge, asking “How can every person improve their brain health and mental resilience?”

By SharpBrains | May 25, 2017

—– Time for Sharp­Brains’ May e‑newsletter, high­light­ing what’s new in brain health and men­tal per­for­mance, and fea­tur­ing a very rel­e­vant MIT ini­tia­tive and a thought-pro­­vok­ing study on the “Cog­ni­tive Divide.” New think­ing MIT Solve launch­es Brain Health Chal­lenge: How can every per­son improve their brain health and men­tal resilience? Men­tal Health Inno­va­tion and Dr. Tom Insel:…

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Update: To improve sleep, combine general sleep hygiene with mindful and cognitive techniques

By SharpBrains | May 26, 2016 |

———- Had a good night’s sleep?  We hope you did, so you can ful­ly enjoy all the fas­ci­nat­ing arti­cles and brain teasers in the new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ eNewslet­ter…includ­ing excel­lent advice on how to com­bine gen­er­al sleep hygiene with mind­ful and cog­ni­tive tech­niques, and a book give­away.  Hap­py read­ing! New think­ing: For a good night’s rest,…

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Update: Ten Common Myths About Brain Health, Debunked

By SharpBrains | March 29, 2016

—– Time for a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ eNewslet­ter, full of stim­u­lat­ing arti­cles and teasers. Hap­py Read­ing :-) New think­ing: Let’s debunk ten brain myths that remain sur­pris­ing­ly pop­u­lar DARPA launch­es Tar­get­ed Neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty Train­ing pro­gram to accel­er­ate cog­ni­tive skills train­ing Under new CEO, Lumos­i­ty to expand brain train­ing plat­form with focus on applied skills and broad­er social, wellness…

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Update: Latest thinking and neuro-tools to promote lifelong brain health

By SharpBrains | June 28, 2015

. Time for Sharp­Brains’ June e‑newsletter, wrap­ping up this month’s key news and insights around brain health inno­va­tion. New think­ing to pro­mote life­long brain health Why cog­ni­tive behav­ioral ther­a­py (CBT) should be first-line treat­ment for chron­ic insom­nia Solv­ing the Brain Fit­ness Puz­zle Is the Key to Self-Empow­ered Aging The Dig­i­tal Rev­o­lu­tion Meets the Human Brain El nego­cio del…

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April 2015 Update: Latest neu­ro­science stud­ies, neu­rotech­nol­ogy news and brain fit­ness insights

By SharpBrains | April 30, 2015

. Time for Sharp­Brains’ April e‑newsletter, wrap­ping up this month’s key neu­ro­science stud­ies, neu­rotech­nol­ogy news and brain fit­ness insights…and includ­ing a fun brain teas­er at the end. Upcom­ing events: Neu­roGam­ing con­fer­ence + ESCoNS Sum­mit in San Fran­cis­co (dis­count code: Sharp­Brains) Online course on ADHD treat­ments to include com­ple­men­tary 1‑year treat­ment mon­i­tor­ing sys­tem (dis­count code: sharp2015) New research: The best brain supplement…

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Update: Should Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (not antidepressant drugs) be the first-line treatment for depression?

By SharpBrains | November 24, 2014

— Time for Sharp­Brains’ Novem­ber e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing a wealth of brain health insights, neu­ro­science and psy­chol­o­gy research reports…and some fun brain teasers. Enjoy! New think­ing: Should Cog­ni­tive Behav­iour­al Ther­a­py (not anti­de­pres­sant drugs) be the first-line treat­ment for depres­sion? Access the slides and insights from 40+ speak­ers @ 2014 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit Debate: Is there a link between ADHD and…

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