Update: Trained older brains can outperform untrained younger ones at demanding cognitive tasks

_______________ Time for Sharp­Brains e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing the lat­est research, tools and think­ing for life­long brain health and men­tal well-being — and a cou­ple fun brain teasers :-) New brain research: Can trained old­er brains out­per­form untrained younger ones at demand­ing cog­ni­tive tasks? Quick answer: YES Sep­tem­ber 17th @ UC Berke­ley: Dis­rupt­ing neu­rode­gen­er­a­tive dis­eases New neu­rotech and…

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Harnessing innovative neurotechnologies to provide better urgent care at Banner Health

_______________ For Ban­ner Health, one of the largest non-prof­it health sys­tem in the Unit­ed States, find­ing ways to make health care eas­i­er and bet­ter for our patients is at the root of every­thing we do. That’s why we are mak­ing sig­nif­i­cant invest­ments into the dig­i­tal health and neu­rotech space, try­ing to answer some com­mon pain…

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Thank You, brain health pioneers & Summit Sponsors!

We’d like to rec­og­nize these great orga­ni­za­tions for help­ing make it pos­si­ble to hold this com­pre­hen­sive 3‑day brain­storm­ing on the future of brain health, in just ten days! THANK YOU, and look­ing for­ward to a great vir­tu­al sum­mit!   The Arrow­smith Pro­gram, avail­able in 80+ schools in the US, Cana­da, Aus­tralia and New Zealand, is a…

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Thank you, Sponsors @ 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit, for helping shape Brain Health & Enhancement in the Digital Age!

— Thank you very much, great Sum­mit Spon­sors, for sup­port­ing the 2017 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit tak­ing place next week (Dec. 5–7th) and gath­er­ing 50+ Speak­ers and 200+ par­tic­i­pants work­ing on ways to enhance brain health and per­for­mance in the dig­i­tal age! — Gold Spon­sors AARP is a non­prof­it, non­par­ti­san, social wel­fare orga­ni­za­tion with a mem­ber­ship of nearly…

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Meet 40 Experts and Innovators shaping Brain Health & Enhancement on December 5–7th, at the 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit

We are proud to announce these 40 con­firmed Sum­mit Speak­ers, Chairs and Judges at the 2017 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit on Decem­ber 5–7th. What an incred­i­ble brain trust shap­ing the future of brain health and enhance­ment! Here are just a few: Dr. Adam Gaz­za­ley, Pro­fes­sor of Neu­rol­o­gy and Found­ing Direc­tor of Neu­roscape at UCSF Dr. Gaz­za­ley is a fac­ul­ty member…

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