Study: Cognitively stimulating jobs help us maintain brain health as we age, delaying the onset of cognitive impairment and dementia

By SharpBrains | April 26, 2024 |

Work­place learn­ing could be a boon for well­ness, research shows (HR DIVE): Learn­ing and devel­op­ment in the work­place could be a boon for well­ness, new research sug­gests. Doing cog­ni­tive­ly demand­ing work can delay the onset of brain decline and even demen­tia at an old­er age, accord­ing to the study pub­lished April 17 in the jour­nal Neurology.…

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Neuroimaging study shows how being “in the zone” requires intensive practice first and then learning to surrender

By The Conversation | April 16, 2024 |

Flow, or being “in the zone,” is a state of amped-up cre­ativ­i­ty, enhanced pro­duc­tiv­i­ty and bliss­ful con­scious­ness that, some psy­chol­o­gists believe, is also the secret to hap­pi­ness. It’s con­sid­ered the brain’s fast track to suc­cess in busi­ness, the arts or any oth­er field. But in order to achieve flow, a per­son must first devel­op a strong…

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New offering to refresh & enhance workplace Mental Health and Talent programs: Brain Health At Work

By SharpBrains | April 8, 2024 |

Does this sound famil­iar? Rush and mul­ti­task­ing every­where, yet we’re see­ing low pro­duc­tiv­i­ty and high burnout because we’re not tak­ing good care of our brain’s health. Peo­ple aren’t real­ly con­nect­ing with the old-school, med­ical ways of tack­ling Men­tal Health that just focus on what’s wrong. Employ­ees are often wary of tak­ing on new demand­ing tasks,…

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New book encourages readers to embrace uncertainty in order to improve decision-making, mental health, and more

By Greater Good Science Center | March 18, 2024 |

Life is uncer­tain. We nev­er know what will hap­pen, and many things are unknow­able. This can make us feel stressed or wor­ried, since the unknown is asso­ci­at­ed with dan­ger. But as jour­nal­ist Mag­gie Jack­son argues in her new book, Uncer­tain: The Wis­dom and Won­der of Being Unsure, there are many ben­e­fits to allow­ing our­selves to…

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Trend: Large US employers deploy apps, AI chatbots, other digital tools to boost brain & mental health at work

By SharpBrains | January 9, 2024

Employ­ers Are Offer­ing a New Work­er Ben­e­fit: Well­ness Chat­bots (The Wall Street Jour­nal): More work­ers feel­ing anx­ious, stressed or blue have a new place to go for men­­tal-health help: a dig­i­tal app. Chat­bots that hold ther­a­pist-like con­ver­sa­tions and well­ness apps that deliv­er depres­sion and oth­er diag­noses or iden­ti­fy peo­ple at risk of self-harm are snow­balling across…

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Time for a universal “exercise prescription” for kids and adults to boost cognition and mental health?

By SharpBrains | August 31, 2023 |

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing this time a range of brain research find­ings, tools and con­tro­ver­sies plus some brain teasers to chal­lenge your (and our) work­ing mem­o­ry. #1. Major evi­dence review sup­ports an “exer­cise pre­scrip­tion” for most adults to boost men­tal health “High­er inten­si­ty phys­i­cal activ­i­ty was asso­ci­at­ed with greater improvements”…

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