Study with 330 centenarians finds that cognitive decline is not inevitable

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…

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

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…

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

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…

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

—– 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…

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New Summit Sponsor and Partners

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! 

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