Machine-learning study finds EEG brain signatures that predict response to antidepressant treatments

– Brain-wave pat­tern can iden­ti­fy peo­ple like­ly to respond to anti­de­pres­sant, study finds (Stan­ford Med­i­cine press release): “A new method of inter­pret­ing brain activ­i­ty could poten­tial­ly be used in clin­ics to help deter­mine the best treat­ment options for depres­sion, accord­ing to a study led by researchers at the Stan­ford School of Med­i­cine. Stan­ford researchers and…

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U.S. Army develops novel way to analyze brain imaging data and shape emerging non-invasive neurotechnology

Army devel­ops big data approach to neu­ro­science (press release): “A big data approach to neu­ro­science promis­es to sig­nif­i­cant­ly improve our under­stand­ing of the rela­tion­ship between brain activ­i­ty and per­for­mance. To date, there have been rel­a­tive­ly few attempts to use a big-data approach with­in the emerg­ing field of neurotechnology. 

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Study: Few wearable neurotechnologies have been directly tested by high-quality, peer-reviewed research

_____ Wear­able brain devices sold with ques­tion­able claims (Com­put­er World): “Wear­able ‘neu­rotech­nol­o­gy’ devices have in recent years hit the main­stream mar­ket; pitched to con­sumers as a way to improve mem­o­ry and atten­tion, boost brain fit­ness and con­trol games and objects with the pow­er of the mind. An analy­sis of com­mer­cial­ly avail­able wear­able ‘neu­rode­vices’ pub­lished this week in…

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Meta-analysis finds value in teaching the science of neuroplasticity, especially for math achievement among at-risk students

___ The ‘Brain’ in Growth Mind­set: Does Teach­ing Stu­dents Neu­ro­science Help? (Edu­ca­tion Week): “Teach­ing stu­dents the sci­ence of how their brains change over time can help them see intel­li­gence as some­thing they can devel­op, rather than innate and unchange­able, finds a new analy­sis of 10 sep­a­rate stud­ies online in the jour­nal Trends in Neu­ro­science and Education.…

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Johns Hopkins study shows how brain training, if correctly targeted, can enhance cognitive and brain performance

_________________________________________________________________ This train­ing exer­cise boosts brain pow­er, Johns Hop­kins researchers say (Johns Hop­kins release) “One of the two brain-train­ing meth­ods most sci­en­tists use in research is sig­nif­i­cant­ly bet­ter in improv­ing mem­o­ry and atten­tion, Johns Hop­kins Uni­ver­si­ty researchers found. It also results in more sig­nif­i­cant changes in brain activity.

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Neurotech start-up Rythm raises $11 million more to develop and commercialize sleep-monitoring headband Dreem

— Dreem machine: Rythm rais­es $11 mil­lion and launch­es $500 sleep-mon­i­­tor­ing head­band (Ven­ture­Beat) “Found­ed out of France in 2014, Rythm is now based in San Fran­cis­co, where it has been work­ing toward bring­ing its Dreem machine head­band to market…In a nut­shell, Rythm touts itself as a neu­rotech­nol­o­gy com­pa­ny that’s set­ting out to “enhance” your sleep, 

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