Posts Tagged ‘Berkeley’
How can we harness digital technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) to scale up brain research, assessments and interventions?
How can we harness digital technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) to scale up brain research, assessments and interventions? (recording requires registration; view slidedeck above or Here) Dr. Oliver Harrison. Chief Executive of the Health Moonshot at Telefónica Innovation Nancy Briefs, President and CEO of Digital Cognition Technologies Emma Yang, 9th grader, Creator of Timeless app and MIT Solver Belén Guerra-Carrillo, NSF Fellow and graduate…
Read MoreMeet the 16 Judges of the 2010 Brain Fitness Innovation Awards
We are honored to count on such a distinguished, interdisciplinary and forward-looking Innovation Awards Judging Panel (please judge for yourself!), thanks to the participation of: Baba Shiv, Professor at Stanford Business School, conducts research on consumer decision making and decision neuroscience, with specific emphasis on the neurological underpinnings of emotion and motivation in decision making. His…
Read More5 Quotes on Neuroplasticity-Based Healthcare and Innovation for an Aging Society
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…
Read MoreMarian C. Diamond to open SharpBrains Summit
What a better opening for our January SharpBrains Summit than to have Marian C. Diamond, one of the pioneers of neuroplasticity research since the 1960s, introduce us to the human brain, its anatomy and function, and implications from neuroplasticity for brain health and performance at any age. Marian C. Diamond, Ph.D., is Professor of Neuroscience and…
Read MoreMarian Diamond on the brain
Quotes from a great article, Professor, 81, proves brain stays young: — In 1960, Diamond became the first female faculty member in Cal’s science department, achieving full professorship in 1974. She still teaches anatomy with her 81st birthday two weeks away. — Diamond, a professor of anatomy at UC Berkeley, determined that the brain can stay…
Read MoreCognitive Fitness @ UC-Berkeley Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Quick post for my UC-Berkeley OLLI students: here are the links I promised. — Collection of 50 Brain Teasers. — Neuroscience Interview Series including in-depth notes of interviews with leading scientists and practitioners. — Build Your Cognitive Reserve-Yaakov Stern: which talks about the Cognitive Reserve and Alzheimer’s symptoms, and includes a great clip on the famous…
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