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Update: 20 Must-Know Facts to Harness Neuroplasticity and Improve Brain Health

June 30, 2016 by SharpBrains

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Time for a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter,  pro­vid­ing a win­dow into the ongo­ing brain health and neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty revolutions–plus some fun brain teasers. Hap­py read­ing and, for those of you in the USA, Hap­py Fourth of July, and for those of you in Cana­da, Hap­py Cana­da Day!

New research:

  • 20 Must-Know Facts to Har­ness Neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty and Improve Brain Health
  • Please par­tic­i­pate in this Brain Health sur­vey (should take no more than 5 min­utes, and will help us to bet­ter under­stand and address your inter­ests and needs)
  • Which is the only com­mon leisure activ­i­ty that has been asso­ci­at­ed with reduced cog­ni­tive function?
  • Next phase in the brain health rev­o­lu­tion: Objec­tive, phys­i­o­log­i­cal, and wide­spread mea­sures of brain function
  • Wis­dom requires both high­er heart rate vari­abil­i­ty and adopt­ing a third-per­son perspective

New tools:

  • Mer­ck and HAP­PYneu­ron part­ner to include cog­ni­tive reme­di­a­tion pro­gram in Mul­ti­ple Scle­ro­sis e‑Health Solution
  • Too ear­ly? Brain stim­u­la­tion device Thync fails to get trac­tion in the minds of consumers
  • Nike launch­es men­tal train­ing app to help soc­cer play­ers win the men­tal game
  • Sport-spe­cif­ic brain train­ing pro­grams gain adop­tion in bas­ket­ball, ice hock­ey and soccer

New thinking:

  • Three neu­ro­sci­en­tists win $1 mil­lion Kavli Prize for dis­cov­er­ing brain’s plasticity
  • Dr. Michael Merzenich: To har­ness Neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty for cog­ni­tive enhance­ment, we need to think “Fit­ness” more than “Games”
  • Save the Date: Rein­vent­ing Brain Health at 2016 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit (Decem­ber 6–8, 2016) (10%-off dis­count code: sharp2016)
  • 5 ideas to help knowl­edge work­ers increase life­long learn­ing and productivity

Finally, some brain teasers:

  • 3 fun brain teasers for adults to chal­lenge your cog­ni­tive skills

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: brain, brain e-newsletter, brain health enewsletter, Brain Teasers, Brain-health, brain-stimulation, Brain-Training, cognitive remediation, cognitive-enhancement, cognitive-function, cognitive-skills, happyneuron, heart-rate-variability, Merck, neuroplasticity, Nike+, sports, wisdom

Update: Ten Common Myths About Brain Health, Debunked

March 29, 2016 by SharpBrains

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Time for a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ eNewslet­ter, full of stim­u­lat­ing arti­cles and teasers. Hap­py Reading 🙂

New thinking:

  • Let’s debunk ten brain myths that remain sur­pris­ing­ly popular
  • DARPA launch­es Tar­get­ed Neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty Train­ing pro­gram to accel­er­ate cog­ni­tive skills training
  • Under new CEO, Lumos­i­ty to expand brain train­ing plat­form with focus on applied skills and broad­er social, well­ness factors

New research:

  • Mul­ti­ple fac­tors can con­tribute to mem­o­ry problems…and “get­ting old­er” is often not the main one
  • High­er body mass index (BMI) linked to episod­ic mem­o­ry deficits in young adults
  • New NFL con­cus­sion scan­dal: Is this the end of Amer­i­can foot­ball as a pop­u­lar youth sport?

New tools:

  • We are at the dawn of the Per­va­sive Neu­rotech­nol­o­gy age — wit­ness the work by Nielsen, Microsoft, Posit Sci­ence, Jaw­bone, Accen­ture, Neu­roSky, Medtron­ic, GE and more (Note: full report avail­able at half-price until March 31st)
  • EEG-aug­ment­ed brain train­ing shows promise as first-line treat­ment for ADHD
  • Who knows more about improv­ing vision, a) the Fed­er­al Trade Com­mis­sion or b) 60+ vision scientists

Upcoming events:

  • Webi­nar on April 21st: 50 Must-Know Facts to Har­ness Neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty & Tech­nol­o­gy For Bet­ter Brain Health (Note: Reg­is­tra­tion cov­ers the webi­nar AND 15+ hours of record­ings from 2015 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Summit–please join us!)
  • San Fran­cis­co, April 6th: Explore the lat­est in Per­va­sive Neu­rotech­nol­o­gy @ NeuroTechSF

Fun brain teasers!

  • Men­tal rota­tion exer­cise to chal­lenge your brain’s pari­etal lobe over the holidays
  • Test your mem­o­ry and rea­son­ing skills with these Amer­i­can and inter­na­tion­al proverbs
  • Quick, inter­ac­tive brain teas­er to test your cog­ni­tive flexibility

 

Cheers, and have a great Spring,

The Sharp­Brains Team

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Filed Under: Brain Teasers, Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning, SharpBrains Monthly eNewsletter Tagged With: brain, brain e-newsletter, Brain Teasers, brain webinar, brain-myths, Brain-Training, cognitive, skills, training

Update: How to civilize the brain training Wild West

October 27, 2015 by SharpBrains

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Time for Sharp­Brains’ Octo­ber e‑newsletter, wrap­ping up this month’s key brain-relat­ed news. First of all, here’s a brain teas­er for you: How many hair­cuts do you think hap­pen in Amer­i­ca every year?

Innovation news:

  • How to best civ­i­lize the mobile brain health and brain train­ing Wild West (Tip: Con­sumer edu­ca­tion may help more than pure regulation)
  • The Neu­rotech­nol­o­gy Rev­o­lu­tion: “The future is here; it’s just not even­ly dis­trib­uted yet”
  • Pros and Cons of lat­est wear­able tech trend: Mood-alter­ing elec­tri­cal brain stimulation

Research news:

  • Why do (some) col­lege stu­dents mis­use ADHD medication?
  • To reach your cog­ni­tive poten­tial across the whole lifes­pan, aug­ment healthy lifestyle with brain training
  • Sci­en­tists call for net­work of “brain obser­va­to­ries” to accel­er­ate neu­rotech­nol­o­gy research and innovation
  • Grow­ing demand for dig­i­tal psy­chother­a­pies to help vet­er­ans deal with sub­stance abuse, depres­sion, prob­lem solv­ing and insomnia

Food for thought:

  • Train­ing our brains with nov­el­ty, challenge…and videogames (20-minute pan­el discussion)
  • Para mejo­rar nues­tra salud cere­bral y rendimien­to men­tal, desmon­te­mos primero estos diez mitos sobre el cerebro
  • Tech­nol­o­gy to enable patient-cen­tered, col­lab­o­ra­tive behav­ioral health and chron­ic care management

2015SharpBrainsSummit_topFinal­ly, here are a few visu­al illu­sions to tease our brains and minds…and, also, please don’t for­get to Reg­is­ter and Reserve your spot at the upcom­ing 2015 Sharp­Brains Vir­tual Sum­mit (Novem­ber 17–19th), to dis­cuss all these impor­tant news and trends, and more! (10%-off pro­mo code: sharp2015)

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: brain, brain e-newsletter, Brain-health, brain-stimulation, Brain-Training, cognitive, Neurotechnology, psychotherapies

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