On cognitive-physical training, brain biomarkers, dementia, ketamine, brain teasers, riddles and more

Decem­ber 27, 2022  | Com­ments Off on On cog­ni­tive-phys­i­cal train­ing, brain bio­mark­ers, demen­tia, ket­a­mine, brain teasers, rid­dles and more

Wel­come to the last 2022 edi­tion of Sharp­Brains e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing a few select­ed brain health news and fun teasers to chal­lenge your brain and help us all think out­side the box. #1. “Every­one agrees that Google Glass failed when it came to mar­ket, but to me, it’s a sym­bol of hope … It inspired people…

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The FDA ends precertification (Pre-Cert) pilot program, saying new authority required to regulate software as a medical device (SaMD)

Decem­ber 20, 2022  | Com­ments Off on The FDA ends pre­cer­ti­fi­ca­tion (Pre-Cert) pilot pro­gram, say­ing new author­i­ty required to reg­u­late soft­ware as a med­ical device (SaMD)

FDA acknowl­edges short­com­ings of Pre-Cert pilot in report (Reg­u­la­to­ry Focus): The US Food and Drug Admin­is­tra­tion (FDA) said it needs addi­tion­al Con­gres­sion­al author­i­ty to move for­ward with its dig­i­tal health pre­cer­ti­fi­ca­tion (Pre-Cert) pro­gram. While the idea has been wide­ly laud­ed by var­i­ous stake­hold­ers, at least one expert said he feels vin­di­cat­ed for warn­ing the agency early…

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Technology as a bridge in time: Shaping the future of brain health via today’s innovations–including those that “fail”

Decem­ber 15, 2022  | Com­ments Off on Tech­nol­o­gy as a bridge in time: Shap­ing the future of brain health via today’s innovations–including those that “fail”

Remem­ber Google Glass? Google invest­ed mil­lions of dol­lars and came to mar­ket in 2014 with the first gen­er­a­tion of wear­able aug­ment­ed real­i­ty (AR) tech­nol­o­gy. You could wear their cool head­sets with or with­out glass­es and use them to read and send email all while going about oth­er tasks. Even before it was avail­able to the public,…

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Study identifies cognitive benefits of ketamine in patients with treatment-resistant depression

Decem­ber 8, 2022  | Com­ments Off on Study iden­ti­fies cog­ni­tive ben­e­fits of ket­a­mine in patients with treat­ment-resis­tant depression

Which fac­tors deter­mine what we believe about our world, our­selves, our past, and our future? Cog­ni­tive neu­ro­science sug­gests that our beliefs are depen­dent on brain activ­i­ty, specif­i­cal­ly on the way our brains process sen­so­ry infor­ma­tion in order to make sense of our envi­ron­ment. These beliefs (defined as prob­a­bil­i­ty esti­mates) are cen­tral to our brain’s predictive…

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Study: A combined cognitive-physical training approach may enhance both mind and body as we age

Decem­ber 1, 2022  | Com­ments Off on Study: A com­bined cog­ni­tive-phys­i­cal train­ing approach may enhance both mind and body as we age

A com­bined cog­ni­tive and fit­ness train­ing helps restore old­er adults’ atten­tion abil­i­ties to young adult lev­els (Psy­Post): A new study found promis­ing results for a com­bined phys­i­cal fit­ness and cog­ni­tive inter­ven­tion designed to enhance neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty in old­er adults. Using a motion-cap­­­ture video game, the inter­ven­tion appeared to reme­di­ate age-relat­ed declines in atten­tion. The find­ings were…

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Thanksgiving works: Gratitude journaling seen to lower stress and negative cognitive processes

Novem­ber 21, 2022  | Com­ments Off on Thanks­giv­ing works: Grat­i­tude jour­nal­ing seen to low­er stress and neg­a­tive cog­ni­tive processes

Dur­ing the ear­ly days of the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic, many peo­ple suf­fered extreme stress. Peo­ple couldn’t work and faced finan­cial anx­i­ety, they felt lone­ly and iso­lat­ed, they wor­ried about catch­ing a dead­ly dis­ease or giv­ing it to some­one they loved, and their men­tal health suf­fered. For researcher Erin Fekete, of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Indi­anapo­lis, the unfolding…

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Study finds sharp decrease (nearly one-third) in the prevalence of dementia among those 65+ in the United States

Novem­ber 14, 2022  | Com­ments Off on Study finds sharp decrease (near­ly one-third) in the preva­lence of demen­tia among those 65+ in the Unit­ed States

Demen­tia plum­mets by near­ly one-third among U.S. seniors, RAND says (UPI): The preva­lence of demen­tia in the Unit­ed States is declin­ing among peo­ple over age 65, falling dra­mat­i­cal­ly from 2000 to 2016, a RAND Corp. study says. Nation­wide, the age-adjust­ed preva­lence of demen­tia fell to 8.5% of peo­ple over age 65 in 2016, down by nearly…

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Precision psychiatry pioneer Alto Neuroscience raises $35M to advance digital biomarker-to-treatment platform

Novem­ber 7, 2022  | Com­ments Off on Pre­ci­sion psy­chi­a­try pio­neer Alto Neu­ro­science rais­es $35M to advance dig­i­tal bio­mark­er-to-treat­ment platform

Alto Neu­ro­science Rais­es $35M Series B Financ­ing (Fins­Mes): Alto Neu­ro­science, a Los Altos, CA-based neu­ro-tech com­pa­ny which spe­cial­izes in pre­ci­sion psy­chi­a­try, rais­es $35M Series B Financ­ing … The com­pa­ny intends to use the funds to advance lead can­di­dates into Phase 2b stud­ies in major depres­sive dis­or­der … Pro­ceeds from the financ­ing will also be used…

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On cognitive training, muscle mass, neurostimulation, brain teasers, apps, and more

Octo­ber 31, 2022  | Com­ments Off on On cog­ni­tive train­ing, mus­cle mass, neu­rostim­u­la­tion, brain teasers, apps, and more

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing time­ly brain & inno­va­tion news and a few fun teasers to test your work­ing mem­o­ry. #1. Study: Build­ing mus­cle mass helps delay cog­ni­tive decline beyond the val­ue of exer­cise itself “Teas­ing out exact­ly how mus­cle helps the brain remains a chal­lenge. There are plen­ty of indirect…

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Combined tDCS neurostimulation and cognitive training found to improve working memory among older adults–especially those with lower starting capacity

Octo­ber 25, 2022  | Com­ments Off on Com­bined tDCS neu­rostim­u­la­tion and cog­ni­tive train­ing found to improve work­ing mem­o­ry among old­er adults–especially those with low­er start­ing capacity

Giv­ing mem­o­ry a lift: Can games and brain stim­u­la­tion do it? (Med­ical­New­sTo­day): A person’s work­ing mem­o­ry may decline with age or if they have demen­tia, Parkinson’s dis­ease, or have had a stroke. When this occurs, the loss can affect their day-to-day qual­i­ty of life, turn­ing even sim­ple tasks into often-demor­­­al­iz­ing challenges.

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