Study: Effortful lifelong learning–full of novelty and challenge– is key to maintain & improve cognitive function

Some 2.3 mil­lion of U.S. adults over 65 – more than 4% – have a diag­no­sis of demen­tia. But even with­out a diag­no­sis, a cer­tain amount of cog­ni­tive decline is nor­mal as age sets in. And whether it’s due to fear of cog­ni­tive decline or notic­ing laps­es in cog­ni­tion when we are stressed, many of us…

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Study: Brain imaging, combined with computer modeling, can help predict your emotional responses

In a new study, researchers were able to pre­dict a person’s response to emo­tion­al­ly charged scenes using brain imag­ing and com­put­er mod­el­ing alone—gauging not only whether the person’s reac­tion was pos­i­tive, neg­a­tive, or neu­tral, but also how strong the reac­tion was. The study helps neu­ro­sci­en­tists under­stand how the brain rep­re­sents com­plex emo­tion­al nat­ur­al stim­uli, accord­ing to…

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Study: Consumer wearable devices tend to measure some metrics well (heart rate, cardiorespiratory fitness) but others not so well (energy expenditure, sleep quality)

Back in 2010, Gary Wolf, then the edi­tor of Wired mag­a­zine, deliv­ered a TED talk in Cannes called “the quan­ti­fied self”. It was about what he termed a “new fad” among tech enthu­si­asts. These ear­ly adopters were using gad­gets to mon­i­tor every­thing from their phys­i­o­log­i­cal data to their mood, and even the num­ber of nappies…

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Otsuka America launches new unit focused on digital therapeutics, AI and mental health

Otsu­ka defies dig­i­tal health down­turn with new com­pa­ny (MedTech­Dive): Otsu­ka Amer­i­ca, a sub­sidiary of the Japan­ese drug and device mak­er, this month launched a new com­pa­ny focused on dig­i­tal health. The firm, called Otsu­ka Pre­ci­sion Health, will roll out its first prod­uct this sum­mer, a pre­scrip­tion dig­i­tal ther­a­peu­tic for major depres­sive dis­or­der. San­ket Shah, who…

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Brain Health in 2030: Navigating Neuroplasticity & the Digital Health Market

Brain Health in 2030: Nav­i­gat­ing Neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty & the Dig­i­tal Health Mar­ket from Sharp­Brains Keynote deliv­ered by Álvaro Fer­nán­dez, CEO of Sharp­Brains, dur­ing cor­po­rate retreat. Key mes­sage: Our very human brains and minds are the most sophis­ti­cat­ed tech­nol­o­gy at our dis­pos­al, so we should invest more time learn­ing about how they work and har­ness­ing neu­ro­­plas­tic­i­­ty-based methods…

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