Talk @ UCLA Technology & Aging Conference

By Alvaro Fernandez | October 13, 2010

Quick note: I will be speak­ing at the UCLA Tech­nol­o­gy & Aging Con­fer­ence on Fri­day, Octo­ber 29th, in Los Ange­les. Please drop me a line or intro­duce your­self if you are plan­ning to attend. The Sched­ule fea­tures many good ses­sions, includ­ing one on Brain Fit­ness: Descrip­tion: Grow­ing sci­en­tif­ic evi­dence sug­gests that such strate­gies as physical…

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The Future of Cognitive Enhancement and Mental Health: Meet the Experts

By SharpBrains | September 9, 2010

Since 2006, as part of the research sup­port­ing The Sharp­Brains Guide to Brain Fit­ness and Sharp­Brains’ mar­ket reports, we have inter­viewed dozens of lead­­ing-edge sci­en­tists and experts. Below are some of our favorite quotes and inter­views — you can read the full inter­view notes by click­ing on the links: Con­ver­sa­tions in 2010 “…putting good evi­dence to work in…

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5 Quotes on Neuroplasticity-Based Healthcare and Innovation for an Aging Society

By Alvaro Fernandez | April 8, 2010

Mar­i­an Dia­mond, UC-Berke­­ley: “Peo­ple fre­quent­ly do the same lev­el of cross­word puz­zles to stim­u­late their brains year after year. They do not chal­lenge their brains with more dif­fi­cult lev­els of puz­zles. In our research, we showed that if we chal­lenged the rats to reach their food cups by hav­ing to climb over many obstruc­tions, their…

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Update: Expo Day; Top 15 Articles of 2009

By Alvaro Fernandez | January 6, 2010

In this Jan­u­ary issue of our eNewslet­ter, we will first brief you on the enlight­en­ing demos that will take place on Wednes­day, Jan­u­ary 20th, as part of the Sharp­Brains Sum­mit, and then present the 15 most stim­u­lat­ing Sharp­Brains arti­cles of 2009. Expo Day If you want to see and dis­cuss the lat­est pro­grams and tech­nolo­gies for…

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Invitation to SharpBrains Summit — Technology for Cognitive Health and Performance

By Alvaro Fernandez | November 10, 2009

We are excit­ed to invite you to the first vir­tu­al, glob­al Sharp­Brains Sum­mit (Jan­u­ary 18–20th, 2010). The Sharp­Brains Sum­mit will fea­ture a dream 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…

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