How to Optimize Brain Health at Any Age

By SharpBrains | November 9, 2016

How to Opti­mize Brain Health at Any Age from Sharp­Brains Pre­sen­ta­tion deliv­ered by Alvaro Fer­nan­dez at the Van­cou­ver JCC, on Novem­ber 3rd, host­ed by Eaton Arrow­smith. Descrip­tion: Just like the rest of our body, the brain requires care, atten­tion and prop­er exer­cise. Yet, we often ignore this most vital organ because few know where to…

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Beyond the US College student’s Brain: A survey of priorities across geography and age

By SharpBrains | November 9, 2015

Please con­sid­er join­ing us at Sharp­Brains’ upcom­ing vir­tu­al con­fer­ence (Novem­ber 17–19th). Day 2 will start with this fan­tas­tic ses­sion: Wednes­day Novem­ber 18th, 8.15 — 9.45 am. Beyond the US col­lege student’s brain: A sur­vey of pri­or­i­ties across geog­ra­phy and age. Researchers and inno­va­tors in North Amer­i­ca, Europe and India will explore the fron­tiers in applied research across…

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Study: Structural brain differences due to childhood poverty may account for 20% of the academic achievement gap

By SharpBrains | July 31, 2015 |

. Brain scans reveal how pover­ty hurts chil­dren’s brains (Bloomberg): “Grow­ing up poor has long been linked to low­er aca­d­e­m­ic test scores. And there’s now mount­ing evi­dence that it’s part­ly because kids can suf­fer real phys­i­cal con­se­quences from low fam­i­ly incomes, includ­ing brains that are less equipped to learn.

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