Akili Interactive Labs raises $30.5 million to develop FDA-approved brain training videogame for ADHD

By SharpBrains | January 25, 2016

. Videogame Mak­er Seeks to Treat ADHD (The Wall Street Jour­nal): “Doc­tors don’t usu­al­ly pre­scribe videogame play. But one com­pa­ny, which has just raised $30.5 mil­lion from ven­­ture-cap­i­­tal investors, hopes to change that. Boston-based Akili Inter­ac­tive Labs Inc. is devel­op­ing a videogame it believes could replace pills as a treat­ment for atten­­tion-deficit hyper­ac­tiv­i­ty disorder.

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Next: Is it a videogame, or an FDA-approved medical treatment?

By SharpBrains | April 14, 2015

. Play This Video Game and Call Me in the Morn­ing (KQED): “The brain net­work that con­trols mul­ti­task­ing con­nects with net­works that con­trol mem­o­ry and atten­tion span. So by play­ing the game, some sci­en­tists believe you can improve cog­ni­tive skills, and by exten­sion, relieve a range of symp­toms asso­ci­at­ed with

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Best practices to assess and enhance brain function via mobile devices and wearables

By SharpBrains | December 2, 2014

Best prac­tices to assess and enhance brain func­tion via mobile devices and wear­ables from Sharp­Brains Enjoy this great ses­sion held at the 2014 Sharp­Brains Vir­tual Sum­mit, fea­tur­ing: Corin­na E. Lath­an, Founder and CEO of Anthro­Tron­ix Eddie Mar­tucci, VP Research & Devel­op­ment at Akili Inter­ac­tive Labs Alex Doman, Co-Founder of Sleep Genius Joan Sev­er­son, Pres­i­dent of Dig­i­tal Artefacts…

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A Call to Action: Improv­ing brain & men­tal health via dig­i­tal plat­forms, neu­ro­plas­tic­ity research and the White House BRAIN initiative

By SharpBrains | November 18, 2014

A Call to Action: Improv­ing brain & men­tal health via dig­i­tal plat­forms, neu­ro­plas­tic­ity research and the White House BRAIN ini­tia­tive from Sharp­Brains Ses­sion held at the 2014 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit, fea­tur­ing: Dr. Thomas Insel, Direc­tor of the Nation­al Insti­tute of Men­tal Health (NIMH) Dr. Adam Gaz­za­ley, Direc­tor of UCSF Neu­ro­science Imag­ing Cen­ter and Co-founder of Akili Inter­ac­tive Labs Dr.…

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“Another impressive edition…Unique combination of vision and lessons learned” — 2014 Summit Recordings Now Available!

By SharpBrains | November 13, 2014

If you could­n’t attend the 2014 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit live, here’s some good news: all the ses­sion record­ings –amount­ing to 15+ hours– are now avail­able online for $145. Click HERE to learn more. This is what some Sum­mit par­tic­i­pants have to say: “Anoth­er impres­sive edi­tion of the Sharp­Brains Sum­mit. Unique com­bi­na­tion of vision and lessons learned, of shared…

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