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Study shows promising results of EEG-based brain training in helping adults with ADHD
Managing attention deficit disorder by training the brain (ScienceDaily): Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) affects about 7% of children, with a two out of three chance of persisting into adulthood. This neurodevelopmental disorder is characterised by concentration difficulties, increased distractibility, impulsivity and hyperactivity. Today, ADHD is treated with pharmaceutical drugs that may have unwanted side…
Read MoreTen days left to submit proposals to the Wellcome Trust for Workplace Mental Health 2021
Dear Colleagues, Wellcome are delighted to announce the launch of our Workplace Mental Health 2021 Request for Proposals. Businesses all over the world are increasingly thinking about how they can most effectively support the mental health of their staff, even more so in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. However, despite growing interest and investment in…
Read MoreDARPA-funded nonsurgical neurotechnologies push the frontier of brain-machine interfaces
Rice University Charges Into the Future with Magnetics and Bioimplants (All About Circuits): Advances in self-generating drug delivery systems, brain-to-brain communication, and injury mitigation technologies are just some of the newest research coming down the pipeline from Rice University. Several research projects funded by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s (DARPA) N3 program might herald…
Read MoreEye-tracking pioneer Smart Eye acquires MIT spin-off Affectiva to augment driver monitoring systems and more
Emotion-detection software start-up Affectiva acquired for $73.5M (TechCrunch): Smart Eye, the publicly traded Swedish company that supplies driver monitoring systems for a dozen automakers, has acquired emotion-detection software startup Affectiva for $73.5 million in a cash-and-stock deal.
Read MoreNext in NASA’s path to Mars: Overcoming astronauts’ cognitive and mental health challenges
Space Between the Ears (Cerebrum): A few short months ago, news programs around the globe showed NASA engineers and scientists celebrating as a robot named Perseverance successfully landed on the surface of Mars. The mission: capture and share images and audio that have never been seen or heard before. As impressed as most observers were…
Read MoreEmerging applications of transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS): e‑sports skills training, cognitive enhancement in older adults
10 Minutes of Electrical Stimulation During Gaming Helps Improve e‑Sports Skills (Technology Networks): Researchers at Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software and University of Limerick (UL), have found video gamers can significantly improve their esport skills by training for just 10 minutes a day. The research team at Lero’s Esports Science Research Lab…
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