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

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.”

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

_____ 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…

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

_______________ 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…

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

Mer­ck 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…

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

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…

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