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Separating brain-healthy wheat from chaff is becoming more urgent by the day

March 21, 2022 by SharpBrains

A) New video game com­pa­ny aims to devel­op ther­a­peu­tic games (The Verge):

Video game-based tools can help with con­di­tions like depres­sion and ADHD, research shows. Deep­Well Dig­i­tal Ther­a­peu­tics plans to build on those stud­ies. “There was an amaz­ing amount of sci­ence that had already been done,” Dou­glas says. “We start­ed to rec­og­nize exact­ly how ther­a­peu­tic these games already were.” [Read more…] about Sep­a­rat­ing brain-healthy wheat from chaff is becom­ing more urgent by the day

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Filed Under: Technology & Innovation Tagged With: adhd, Bayer, DeepWell, depression, digital therapeutics, Woebot Health

On Awe, Healthy Eating, Mental Health, Ethical Neurotech, and more

October 29, 2019 by SharpBrains

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Time to wrap-up anoth­er very active month with our Sharp­Brains e‑newsletter sum­ma­riz­ing excit­ing devel­op­ments in brain research, health­care and tech­nol­o­gy — plus a cou­ple fun brain teasers to spark curios­i­ty and innovation 🙂

New brain research:

  • Brain scans shed light on the brain net­works sup­port­ing Awe
  • For World Men­tal Health Day let’s review how a healthy diet can pro­mote men­tal well-being
  • Stren­u­ous phys­i­cal exer­cise may lead to cog­ni­tive –not just phys­i­cal– fatigue

New thinking about brain & mental health:

  • The Nation­al Acad­e­my of Med­i­cine (NAM) shares dis­cus­sion paper to help empow­er 8 bil­lion minds
  • A call to action: We need the right incen­tives to guide eth­i­cal inno­va­tion in neu­rotech and healthcare
  • Qan­tas mon­i­tors brain­waves of pilots and pas­sen­gers to test 19.5‑hour flight from NY to Sydney
  • UW Med­i­cine cre­ates new Insti­tute for Brain Health Solutions

Emerging neurotech and digital brain health:

  • Bay­er to sup­port 11 dig­i­tal health star­tups, 5 of which are devel­op­ing behavioral/ cognitive/ men­tal health solutions
  • BrainCheck rais­es $8 mil­lion to dig­i­tize cog­ni­tive assess­ments and bet­ter serve the aging population
  • Novar­tis dis­solves agree­ment to mar­ket Pear Ther­a­peu­tics’ pre­scrip­tion dig­i­tal ther­a­peu­tics for substance/ opi­oid abuse
  • After 8‑year fol­low-up, study finds robust and sus­tained anti­de­pres­sant response to deep brain stim­u­la­tion (DBS)

Finally, a couple fun brain teasers:

  • Quick: Answer this to stretch your mind and rec­og­nize your biases
  • Which train is going the wrong way?

 

Have a excel­lent Halloween…

 

The Sharp­Brains Team

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Filed Under: Brain Teasers, Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: aging, Bayer, brain scans, Brain Teasers, BrainCheck, brainwaves, cognitive, cognitive-assessments, deep-brain-stimulation, digital brain health, digital health, digital therapeutics, fatigue, healthy diet, mental well being, neurotech, Novartis, Pear Therapeutics, UW Medicine

Bayer to support 11 digital health startups, 5 of which are developing behavioral/ cognitive/ mental health solutions

October 15, 2019 by SharpBrains

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Bay­er inks deals with eleven star­tups under G4A Dig­i­tal Health Part­ner­ships pro­gram (press release):

“Bay­er announced today that the com­pa­ny has signed col­lab­o­ra­tion agree­ments with eleven dig­i­tal health star­tups. As part of the pro­gram, Bay­er will sup­port these start­up com­pa­nies aim­ing for longer-term col­lab­o­ra­tions to dri­ve for­ward the devel­op­ment of spe­cif­ic dig­i­tal solu­tions to improve patients’ health [Read more…] about Bay­er to sup­port 11 dig­i­tal health star­tups, 5 of which are devel­op­ing behavioral/ cognitive/ men­tal health solutions

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: anxiety, Bayer, behavioral intervention, cognitive, cognitive-behavioral-therapy, Cognitive-Training, depression, digital health, digital therapeutics, Litesprite, mental health, NeuroTracker, OKKO Health, ophthalmology, startups, Stress, Upside Health, visual health, Wellthy Theapeutics

Merck and HAPPYneuron partner to include cognitive remediation program in Multiple Sclerosis e‑Health Solution

June 13, 2016 by SharpBrains

MS_Mood-CognitionMer­ck KGaA In Deal With HAP­PYneu­ron To Offer E‑Health Solu­tion For MS Patients (Nas­daq):

“Ger­man drug mak­er Mer­ck KGaA (MKGAY.PK) announced Mon­day that it has entered into an agree­ment with HAP­PYneu­ron, a sub­sidiary of SBT Group of France, in which Mer­ck will receive an exclu­sive license to the com­pa­ny’s cog­ni­tive reme­di­a­tion train­ing pro­gram for peo­ple liv­ing with mul­ti­ple scle­ro­sis [Read more…] about Mer­ck and HAP­PYneu­ron part­ner to include cog­ni­tive reme­di­a­tion pro­gram in Mul­ti­ple Scle­ro­sis e‑Health Solution

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Bayer, Bayer HealthCare, Brain-Training, cognifit, cognitive, cognitive game, cognitive remediation, cognitive-skills, e-Health, happyneuron, interferon, license, Merck, Msdialog, multiple-sclerosis, Rebif, SBT Group

Innovative brain-based partnerships to improve health and life at scale

January 14, 2016 by SharpBrains

Inno­v­a­tive part­ner­ships to improve health and life at scale from Sharp­Brains

In the grow­ing and rapid­ly evolv­ing cat­e­gory of neu­ro and cog­ni­tive tech­nolo­gies, there are mul­ti­ple oppor­tu­ni­ties for devel­op­ers to part­ner with large-scale orga­ni­za­tions look­ing for new ways to improve [Read more…] about Inno­v­a­tive brain-based part­ner­ships to improve health and life at scale

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Bayer, brain-based, cognifit, cognitive technology, Freer Logic, Jaguar Land Rover, Lumosity, Microsoft, neurotech, Neurotechnology, Panasonic, partnerships, sharpbrains, UCSF

Update: 25 Key References to Navigate the Brain Health and Neurotechnology Revolution

November 30, 2015 by SharpBrains

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Time for Sharp­Brains’ Novem­ber e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing 25 of the key ref­er­ence mate­ri­als that par­tic­i­pants at the 2015 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit found most intrigu­ing, in order of dis­cus­sion dur­ing the Sum­mit. Our deep­est grat­i­tude goes to Sum­mit Speak­ers, Spon­sors, and every­one who par­tic­i­pat­ed in our best con­fer­ence to date!

  • Alvaro Fer­nan­dez: 10 neu­rotech­nolo­gies about to trans­form brain enhance­ment and brain health
  • Dr. Peter Delahunt: InGear Teen Dri­vers Train­ing Program
  • Dr. Ruth Wolever: 2015 Work­place Trends Report by Sodexo
  • Dan­ny Dankn­er: EU Grant — Advanced Cog­ni­tive Train­ing Sys­tem for Foot­ball Players
  • Brig. Gen­eral (Ret) Pete Palmer: Get­ting To A Good Enough Cog­ni­tive Shoe Size (down­loads PDF)
  • Dr. Madeleine Good­kind: Iden­ti­fi­ca­tion of a Com­mon Neu­ro­bi­o­log­i­cal Sub­strate for Men­tal Illness
  • Dr. Randy McIn­tosh: Bay­crest to house the Cana­di­an Cen­tre for Aging and Brain Health Innovation
  • Dr. Majid Fotuhi: Can you grow your hip­pocam­pus? Yes. Here’s how, and why it matters
  • Michael Meagher: Devel­op­ment and eval­u­a­tion of a self-admin­is­tered on-line test of mem­o­ry and atten­tion for mid­dle-aged and old­er adults
  • Dr. Peter Rein­er: Tech­nolo­gies of the extend­ed mind: Impli­ca­tions for pri­va­cy of thought
  • Dr. Graeme Mof­fat: ‘Wear­able for the mind’ launch­es new era of brain research
  • Dr. Jen­nifer Buss: Trends in Neu­rotech­nol­ogy Report (down­loads PDF)
  • Con­nor Rus­so­manno: Open­BCI Kick­starter campaign
  • Alvaro Fer­nan­dez: Under what con­di­tions can brain train­ing work and BBC brain train­ing update
  • Tom­my Sagroun: On CogniFit–Bayer part­ner­ship for MS patients (in German)
  • Peter Freer: Jaguar Land Rover tech tracks brain­waves, heart, lungs
  • Glenn Mor­ri­son: Ground­break­ing Online Reg­istry to Dri­ve Brain Dis­ease Research
  • Nikhil Sri­ra­man: Per­va­sive Neu­rotech­nol­o­gy: A Ground­break­ing Analy­sis of 10,000+ Patent Fil­ings Trans­form­ing Med­i­cine, Health, Enter­tain­ment and Business
  • Anu Acharya: 10 Brain Trans­form­ers: A Poem
  • Dr. Dhar­ma Singh Khal­sa: A 2 year mul­tido­main inter­ven­tion of diet, exer­cise, cog­ni­tive train­ing, and vas­cu­lar risk mon­i­tor­ing ver­sus con­trol to pre­vent cog­ni­tive decline in at-risk elder­ly peo­ple (FINGER) and Stress, Med­i­ta­tion, and Alzheimer’s Dis­ease Pre­ven­tion: Where the Evi­dence Stands
  • Con­ny Lin: Cog­ni­tive Brain Train­ing in Old­er Adults
  • Joan Sev­er­son: Rela­tion­ships Among Cog­ni­tive Func­tion, Lifestyle, and Exer­cise After Can­cer Treat­ment (ReFLECT)
  • Alvaro Fer­nan­dez: The Sharp­Brains Guide to Brain Fitness

If you reg­is­tered to par­tic­i­pate at the 2015 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit, you can access all ses­sion record­ings Here. If you did­n’t reg­is­ter, you can pur­chase access here.
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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Baycrest, Bayer, brain-disease, brain-enhancement, Brain-Fitness, Brain-health, Brain-Training, cognifit, Cognitive-Training, digital health, exercise, hippocampus, InGear, Jaguar, memory-test, mental-illness, neurobiological, Neurotechnology, OpenBCI, patent, Sodexo

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