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Computerized cognitive training may help reduce falls among elderly

August 12, 2010 by SharpBrains

Brain fit­ness pro­grams may help weak elder­ly walk faster (press release)

A study led by researchers at Albert Ein­stein Col­lege of Med­i­cine of Yeshi­va Uni­ver­si­ty has found pre­lim­i­nary evi­dence that brain fit­ness pro­grams may help frail elder­ly walk faster, poten­tial­ly pre­vent­ing dis­abil­i­ty and improv­ing qual­i­ty of life.

For walk­ing while talk­ing — which requires con­sid­er­ably more con­cen­tra­tion than nor­mal walk­ing — the seniors who took com­put­er train­ing notably improved com­pared with their ini­tial speeds. By con­trast, no improve­ment in walk­ing speed was observed for the con­trol group.

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Albert-Einstein-College-of-Medicine, Brain-Fitness, brain-fitness-programs, Cognitive-Training, Computerized-cognitive-training, concentration, frail elderly, walk faster, walking speed, Yeshiva University

Invitation to SharpBrains Summit — Technology for Cognitive Health and Performance

November 10, 2009 by Alvaro Fernandez

We are excit­ed to invite you to the first vir­tu­al, glob­al Sharp­Brains Sum­mit (Jan­u­ary 18–20th, 2010). The Sharp­Brains Sum­mit will fea­ture a sharpbrains_summit_logo_webdream team of over 25 speak­ers who are lead­ers in indus­try and research from 7 coun­tries, to dis­cuss emerg­ing research, tools and best prac­tices for cog­ni­tive health and per­for­mance. This inau­gur­al event will expose health and insur­ance providers, devel­op­ers, inno­va­tors at For­tune 500 com­pa­nies, investors and researchers, to the oppor­tu­ni­ties, part­ner­ships, trends, and stan­dards of the rapid­ly evolv­ing cog­ni­tive fit­ness field.

Reg­is­ter Today

Learn more and reg­is­ter Here today, at dis­count­ed ear­ly-bird rates, to receive these benefits:

  • Learn: Full access to all Con­fer­ence live ses­sions, and Down­load­able Record­ings and Handouts
  • See: lat­est tech­nolo­gies and prod­ucts dur­ing Expo Day
  • Con­nect and Dis­cuss: become a mem­ber of the Sharp­Brains Net­work for Brain Fit­ness Inno­va­tion (mem­bers-only LinkedIn Group) through the end of 2010, access online chats dur­ing the sum­mit, meet oth­er reg­is­trants in your city
  • Under­stand the Big Pic­ture: access 10 Research Exec­u­tive Briefs pre­pared by lead­ing scientists

On top of those ear­ly-bird dis­counts, we offer an addi­tion­al 15% dis­count for Sharp­Brains read­ers who want Reg­u­lar Admis­sion. Dis­count code: sharp2010. You can reg­is­ter Here.

Agenda/ Speak­ers

Monday, January 18th, 2010:

(Pre­lim­i­nary sched­ule, US Pacif­ic Time)

8–9.15am. Cog­ni­tion & Neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty: The New Health­care Frontier

  • Alvaro Fer­nan­dez, SharpBrains
  • David White­house, OptumHealth Behav­ioral Solutions
  • William Reich­man, Baycrest
  • P Murali Doraiswamy, Duke University

9.30–11am. Tools for Safer Dri­ving: The Oppor­tu­ni­ty with Teenagers and Adults

  • Steven Aldrich, Posit Science
  • Shlo­mo Breznitz, CogniFit
  • Jer­ri Edwards, Uni­ver­si­ty of South Florida
  • Peter Chris­tian­son, Young Dri­vers of Canada

Noon‑1.30pm. Baby Boomers and Beyond: Main­tain­ing Cog­ni­tive Vitality

  • Kunal Sarkar, Lumos Labs
  • Eliz­a­beth Zelin­s­ki, USC Davis School of Geron­tol­ogy [Read more…] about Invi­ta­tion to Sharp­Brains Sum­mit — Tech­nol­o­gy for Cog­ni­tive Health and Performance

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Filed Under: Attention & ADD/ADHD, Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Adam Gazzaley, Albert “Skip” Rizzo, Albert-Einstein-College-of-Medicine, alvaro-fernandez, Attention Control Systems, baby-boomers, Baycrest, brain fitness summit, Brain-Resource, Center for Technology and Aging, cogmed, cognifit, cognitive health assessments, cognitive technology, cognitive-health, cognitive-performance, cognitive-vitality, Columbia-University, Dakim, Dan-Michel, David Whitehouse, Duke-University, EDGE Innovation Network, Elizabeth-Zelinski, Elkhonon-Goldberg, emotional health assessments, Evian-Gordon, Games-for-Health, H-STAR, happyneuron, Holly Jimison, home health, Jerri-Edwards, Jesse Wright, Jonas Jendi, Joshua-Steinerman, Karolinska-Institute, Keith Wesnes, Kenneth Kosik, Kunal-Sarkar, Lisa Schoonerman, lumos-labs, MaRS Venture Group, MediaX, medical home, medicine, Michael-Merzenich, Michel Noir, Misha-Pavel, Montefiore-Medical-Center, neurocognition, Neuropsychology, neuroscience, Neurotechnology-Industry-Organization, NIO, Norwest-Venture-Partners, OHSU, OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions, Oregon Health & Science University, P Murali Doraiswamy, Peter-Christianson, Posit-Science, Public-Health-Institute, Richard Levinson, SCAN Foundation, scientific-brain-training, Serious Games Initiative, sharpbrains, SharpBrains Summit, Shlomo-Breznitz, Stanford MediaX, Steven Aldrich, technology, Tim-Chang, Torkel-Klingberg, UC Santa Barbara, UCSF, United-BioSource-Corporation, University of Louisville, University of South Florida, USC, USC Davis School of Gerontology, Veronika Litinski, vibrantbrains, William-Reichman, Yaakov-Stern, Young-Drivers-of-Canada

Brain Fitness at New York Public Library, next week

September 17, 2009 by Alvaro Fernandez

Title: The Sharp­Brains Guide to Brain Fit­ness — Prac­ti­cal Advice to Keep Your Brain Sharp NYPL

- Two com­mu­ni­ty-based book talks host­ed by New York Pub­lic Library and sup­port­ed by the Ein­stein Aging Study at Albert Ein­stein Col­lege of Medicine.

Descrip­tion: A fit brain? Can you exer­cise your brain and become men­tal­ly fit? Einstein Aging StudyCan you con­tin­ue to learn and increase your brain’s capac­i­ty at any age? Alvaro Fer­nan­dez, CEO and Co-Founder of Sharp­Brains, says Yes!, and in this pro­gram he will show you how. Based on research com­piled from lead­ing sci­en­tists in fields of Neu­ro­science, Geron­tol­ogy, and Cog­ni­tive Sci­ence, and pre­sent­ed in his book “The Sharp­Brains Guide to Brain Fit­ness”, Alvaro Fer­nan­dez will pro­vide ways to main­tain and improve your cog­ni­tive health.

He will:
— Debunk 10 Myths of Brain Fitness
— Exam­ine the 4 Pil­lars of Brain Maintenance
— Dis­cuss the dif­fer­ence between Men­tal Exer­cise and Men­tal Activity
— Eval­u­ate Brain Train­ing Software
— Explore emerg­ing trends

Book and Bio: Alvaro Fer­nan­dez, CEO and Co-Founder of Sharp­Brains, teach­es “Sci­ence of Brain Health and Brain Fit­ness” at UC-Berke­ley and San Fran­cis­co State Uni­ver­si­ty. He is the co-author of The Sharp­Brains Guide to Brain Fit­ness.

When and where: 
> Sep­tem­ber 23rd, 10am, New York Pub­lic Library, Bronx Library Cen­ter. 310 East Kings­bridge Road. (718) 579‑4244. More infor­ma­tion here.

> Sep­tem­ber 25rd, 1pm, New York Pub­lic Library, Stephen Schwarz­man Build­ing Audi­to­ri­um. Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street. 917-ASK-NYPL (917–275-6975). More infor­ma­tion here.

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: Albert-Einstein-College-of-Medicine, brain-training-software, cognitive-health, cognitive-science, Einstein-Aging-Study, Exercise-your-brain, fit-brain, gerontology, mental-activity, mental-exercise, mentally-fit, neuroscience, new-york-public-library, NYPL

Upcoming Health & Brain Fitness events

January 15, 2009 by Alvaro Fernandez

Here are some upcom­ing events I will par­tic­i­pate in — feel free to leave a com­ment below or con­tact us if you will be attend­ing too and want to say Hel­lo. I real­ly enjoy meet­ing Sharp­Brains readers!Lecture

» Jan­u­ary 22nd, Con­sumer Reports’ Blog­ger Health Sum­mit, NYC.

» March 5th, New York Acad­e­my of Med­i­cine, NYC. I will present Brain Fit­ness Soft­ware — Con­sumers Guide to dis­tin­guish­ing hope from hype, at the Com­pre­hen­sive Approach to Demen­tia Sym­po­sium spon­sored by Mon­te­fiore Med­ical Cen­ter and with cred­it des­ig­nat­ed by Albert Ein­stein Col­lege of Med­i­cine. Will blog when their web­site lists the agen­da and allows registration.

» March 15–19th, ASA/ NCOA annu­al con­fer­ence in Las Vegas. I will be pre­sent­ing two ses­sions. Reg­is­tra­tion is open now at 2009 Aging in Amer­i­ca Con­fer­ence, but there is lim­it­ed infor­ma­tion on the ses­sions. Will blog when there are detailed abstracts available.

- The State of the Brain Fit­ness Mar­ket, 16-Mar-09, 08:00 PM — 09:30 AM

- Brain Fit­ness in Senior Hous­ing: 18-Mar-09, 11:30 AM — 12:30 PM

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: aging, Albert-Einstein-College-of-Medicine, ASA/-NCOA, blogger-health-summit, brain-fitness-market, brain-fitness-senior-housing, brain-fitness-software, brain-fitness-speaker, Brain-health, conferences, consumer-reports, health-bloggers, Montefiore-Medical-Center, New-York-Academy-of-Medicine, senior-housing

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