Posts Tagged ‘behaviour’
Want to improve your Health? Start by boosting your Brain Health
Our cognition and mental wellbeing are crucial factors for our quality of life and put us in a good position to contribute to society. Ultimately, it can be near impossible to achieve physical goals and demanding life challenges if our brain health is not optimal. Yet most of us appear to be more concerned with…
Read MoreNext: Brain modelling platforms, such as Baycrest’s Virtual Brain, to accelerate brain health innovation
A Virtual Brain – The Benefits of Brain Modelling (Brain Blogger): “Brain Blogger recently discovered that scientists are poised to deliver the first virtual simulation of the human brain from a truly fascinating talk by Dr. Randy McIntosh, Vicepresident of Research and Director of Baycrest’s Rotman Research Institute, presented at
Read MoreUpgrading Education and Health in light of Neuroscience: The Frontier of Gaming?
— We had a great event last Thursday in London to discuss the future of applied neuroscience and gaming. Thank you, Brainbow/ Peak team, for hosting us, and Strategic North for helping promote it!
Read MoreNew WHO Report: Global dementia cases expected to exceed 115 million by 2050
Description: “The report “Dementia: a public health priority” has been jointly developed by WHO and Alzheimer’s Disease International. The purpose of this report is to raise awareness of dementia as a public health priority, to articulate a public health approach and to advocate for action at international and national levels. Dementia is a syndrome that…
Read MoreTraining Young Brains to Behave
Great article in the New York Times titled Training Young Brains to Behave. A couple of quotes: — “But just as biology shapes behavior, so behavior can accelerate biology. And a small group of educational and cognitive scientists now say that mental exercises of a certain kind can teach children to become more self-possessed at…
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