On centenarians, memory, Mars, tDCS, ADHD, digital health, beautiful brains, and more

By SharpBrains | April 30, 2021

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing ten time­ly resources and research find­ings for life­long brain and men­tal fit­ness. #1. Let’s start with a fas­ci­nat­ing sto­ry and study :-) Study with 330 cen­te­nar­i­ans finds that cog­ni­tive decline is not inevitable … (Henne Hol­stege, PhD, assis­tant pro­fes­sor at Ams­ter­dam Uni­ver­si­ty Med­ical Cen­ter) said her inter­est in researching…

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Next in NASA’s path to Mars: Overcoming astronauts’ cognitive and mental health challenges

By SharpBrains | April 21, 2021

Space Between the Ears (Cere­brum): A few short months ago, news pro­grams around the globe showed NASA engi­neers and sci­en­tists cel­e­brat­ing as a robot named Per­se­ver­ance suc­cess­ful­ly land­ed on the sur­face of Mars. The mis­sion: cap­ture and share images and audio that have nev­er been seen or heard before. As impressed as most observers were…

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Request for proposals to help astronauts combat behavioral health challenges such as stress and isolation

By SharpBrains | June 1, 2020

Heads-up: The Trans­la­tion­al Research Insti­tute for Space Health (TRISH) at Bay­lor Col­lege of Med­i­cine is award­ing from $100,000 to $500,000 to select­ed com­pa­nies ready to con­front behav­ioral health chal­lenges astro­nauts will face on a future jour­ney to Mars. The award is intend­ed to sup­port one year’s work to advance the tech­nol­o­gy. Full pro­pos­als are due by 5…

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Neuroimaging study finds significant changes in brain structure during long-duration space flight

By SharpBrains | November 7, 2017

MRI reveals brain changes dur­ing space mis­sions (Med­ical Physics): “Astro­nauts liv­ing and work­ing in space will expe­ri­ence the detri­men­tal effects of micro­grav­i­ty on the human body. Astro­nauts aboard the Inter­na­tion­al Space Sta­tion, for exam­ple, have expe­ri­enced altered vision and increased pres­sure inside their heads, symp­toms termed as 

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Maximizing the mental peak performance of astronauts, leaders…and everybody else

By SharpBrains | November 29, 2014

Max­i­miz­ing the peak per­for­mance of astro­nauts, leaders…and every­one else from Sharp­Brains Enjoy this great ses­sion held at the 2014 Sharp­Brains Vir­tual Sum­mit, fea­tur­ing: Dr. Susan Jew­ell, Pres­i­dent of the Inter­na­tional Space Med­i­cine Con­sor­tium Dr. Robert Bilder, Chief of Med­ical Psy­­chol­o­­gy-Neu­rop­sy­­chol­o­­gy at UCLA Semel Insti­tute for Neu­ro­science Dr. Bill Reich­man, Pres­i­dent of Bay­crest Chair: Rajiv Pant, Chief…

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