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Study with 330 centenarians finds that cognitive decline is not inevitable

April 13, 2021 by SharpBrains

Hen­drik­je van Andel Schip­per (1890–2005)

Age-Relat­ed Cog­ni­tive Decline May Not Be Inevitable (Web­MD):

It is often assumed that a decrease in mem­o­ry and brain func­tion are inevitable parts of aging, but a new study of cen­te­nar­i­ans sug­gests otherwise.

Inves­ti­ga­tors found that despite the pres­ence of neu­ro­log­i­cal issues gen­er­al­ly asso­ci­at­ed with Alzheimer’s dis­ease (AD), many cen­te­nar­i­ans main­tained high lev­els of cog­ni­tive performance.

(Henne Hol­stege, PhD, assis­tant pro­fes­sor at Ams­ter­dam Uni­ver­si­ty Med­ical Cen­ter) said her inter­est in research­ing aging and cog­ni­tive health was inspired by the “fas­ci­nat­ing” sto­ry of Hen­drik­je van Andel Schip­per, who died at age 115 in 2005 “com­plete­ly cog­ni­tive­ly healthy.” Her moth­er, who died at age 100, was also cog­ni­tive­ly intact at the end of her life. [Read more…] about Study with 330 cen­te­nar­i­ans finds that cog­ni­tive decline is not inevitable

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: aging, assessments, brain resilience, brain-reserve, centenarians, cognitive decline, cognitive resilience, cognitive trajectories, cognitive-performance, cognitive-reserve, Mini-Mental Status Examination, neurological, neuropathologic changes, neuropsychological, neuropsychological assessments

How can we harness digital technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) to scale up brain research, assessments and interventions?

December 26, 2017 by SharpBrains

How can we har­ness dig­i­tal tech­nolo­gies and arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence (AI) to scale up brain research, assess­ments and inter­ven­tions?  (record­ing requires reg­is­tra­tion; view slid­edeck above or Here)

  • Dr. Oliv­er Har­ri­son. Chief Exec­u­tive of the Health Moon­shot at Tele­fóni­ca Innovation
  • Nan­cy Briefs, Pres­i­dent and CEO of Dig­i­tal Cog­ni­tion Technologies 
  • Emma Yang, 9th grad­er, Cre­ator of Time­less app and MIT Solver
  • Belén Guer­ra-Car­ril­lo, NSF Fel­low and grad­u­ate stu­dent researcher at Uni­ver­si­ty of Cal­i­fo­nia, Berkeley
  • Chaired by: Kayt Sukel, sci­ence writer

Slid­edeck above sup­port­ed ses­sion held dur­ing the 2017 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit: Brain Health & Enhance­ment in the Dig­i­tal Age (Decem­ber 5–7th). All ses­sion record­ings avail­able for pur­chase (50+ Speak­ers, 15+ Hours, $150).

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: AI, artificial intelligence, assessments, Berkeley, brain-research, digital, Digital Cognition Technologies, digital health, Health Moonshot, innovation, Interventions, MIT Solver, Telefónica, Telefónica Innovation, Timeless

How can we take cognitive and emotional health interventions–both assessments and therapies–to scale?

July 10, 2017 by SharpBrains

Tak­ing cognitive/ emo­tion­al assess­ments and ther­a­pies to scale from Sharp­Brains

This pre­sen­ta­tion took place at the 2016 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit (Decem­ber 6–8th, 2016).

–> Learn more about the upcom­ing 2017 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit: Brain Enhance­ment in the Dig­i­tal Age (Decem­ber 5–7th, 2017). The 2017 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit will fea­ture over thir­ty of the world’s top experts and inno­va­tors work­ing on ways to enhance our brain health and per­for­mance in light of emerg­ing neu­ro­science and dig­i­tal tech­nolo­gies. Addi­tion­al­ly, and for the first time, it will host a Brainnova­tions Pitch Con­test to fos­ter col­lab­o­ra­tive prob­lem-solv­ing between sci­en­tists, prac­ti­tion­ers, tech­nol­o­gists and entrepreneurs.

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Filed Under: Technology & Innovation Tagged With: assessments, cognitive, emotional, therapies

To stimulate your brain, find new ways to challenge yourself every day

July 11, 2016 by SharpBrains

woman brain activity surroundings—–

For Effec­tive Brain Fit­ness, Do More Than Play Sim­ple Games (The New York Times):

“…Legions of baby boomers already use com­put­ers or apps to stim­u­late the brain, but they should be thought of as part of a larg­er engage­ment with the world…Finding new ways to chal­lenge your­self every day, Mr. Rebok said, is a good idea. This can include lots of ordi­nary activ­i­ties like doing men­tal cal­cu­la­tions rather than reach­ing for a cal­cu­la­tor, or tak­ing a new dri­ving route or eat­ing with the oppo­site hand…

Mr. Fer­nan­dez of Sharp­Brains said he would like to see a more sys­tem­at­ic way to mea­sure cog­ni­tion, such as annu­al men­tal health check­ups. “If we had bet­ter assess­ments, we could empow­er con­sumers,” he said. “That’s the next frontier.”

To learn more:

  • Solv­ing the Brain Fit­ness Puz­zle Is the Key to Self-Empow­ered Aging

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: apps, assessments, baby-boomers, Brain-Fitness, Brain-games, cognition, computers, games, measure cognition, stimulate the brain

Report: Cognitive Testing Program Fails Soldiers, Leaving Brain Injuries Undetected

December 1, 2011 by SharpBrains

Test­ing Pro­gram Fails Sol­diers, Leav­ing Brain Injuries Unde­tect­ed (ProP­ub­li­ca):

“In 2007, with road­side bombs explod­ing across Iraq, Con­gress moved to improve care for sol­diers who had suf­fered one of the war’s sig­na­ture wounds, trau­mat­ic brain injury.

Law­mak­ers passed a mea­sure requir­ing the mil­i­tary to test sol­diers’ brain func­tion before they deployed and again when they returned. The test was sup­posed to ensure that sol­diers received prop­er treatment.

Instead, an inves­ti­ga­tion by ProP­ub­li­ca and NPR has found, the test­ing pro­gram has failed to deliv­er on its promise, offer­ing sol­diers the appear­ance of help, but not the real­i­ty. [Read more…] about Report: Cog­ni­tive Test­ing Pro­gram Fails Sol­diers, Leav­ing Brain Injuries Undetected

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health Tagged With: anam, ANAM program, assessments, brain--test, brain-function, brain-injury, computerized, Impact, NCAT, neuro-cognitive assessment, neurocognitive, neuropsychological-tests, Neuropsychology, neuropsychology test, ProPublica, TBI, trauma, Traumatic-Brain-Injury

New Summit Sponsor and Partners

February 15, 2011 by Alvaro Fernandez

We’re delight­ed to add Brain Resource to the ros­ter of Spon­sors of the upcom­ing 2011 Sharp­Brains Sum­mit, and the Cen­ter for  Tech­nol­o­gy and Aging and the Brain Injury Asso­ci­a­tion of Cana­da to the ros­ter of Part­ners. Thank you for your sup­port! [Read more…] about New Sum­mit Spon­sor and Partners

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Filed Under: Technology & Innovation Tagged With: 21st century, adhd, anxiety, assessments, Brain Injury Association of Canada, Brain-health, brain-injury, Brain-Resource, Brain-Training, brain-training-exercises, Canada, Cen­ter for Tech­nol­ogy and Aging, depression, drugs, health­ier lives, manage brain health, older-adults, online assessments, optimize brain function, optimize wellness, Pub­lic Health Institute, retooling brain health, SCAN Foun­da­tion, schizophrenia, wellness

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