200+ Experts to Shape the Future of Brain Health & Neurotechnology, Gathered Around a Virtual Table

By SharpBrains | November 3, 2015

Wash­ing­ton, C. Novem­ber 3rd, 2015. The 2015 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit (Novem­ber 17–19th, 2015) will fea­ture over 30 of the world’s top sci­en­tists and inno­va­tors work­ing on ways to enhance brain health and brain fit­ness via lifestyle and emerg­ing neu­rotech­nolo­gies. “The Sharp­Brains Sum­mit is unique in its impres­sive abil­i­ty to unite a diverse col­lec­tion of cut­t­ing-edge thinkers…

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Best practices to navigate and implement the emerging brain health toolkit

By SharpBrains | October 28, 2015

Please con­sid­er join­ing us at Sharp­Brains’ upcom­ing vir­tu­al con­fer­ence (Novem­ber 17–19th), which will fea­ture this fan­tas­tic ses­sion: Tues­day Novem­ber 17th, 12.30 — 1.30pm. Best prac­tices to nav­i­gate and imple­ment the emerg­ing brain health toolk­it. Two well-rec­og­nized prac­ti­tion­ers, at UMass and Wal­ter Reed, will describe their respec­tive well­ness and rehab ini­tia­tives, focus­ing on the prac­ti­cal con­sid­er­a­tions to navigate,…

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What’s in it for me: Ten critical questions to navigate media coverage of latest scientific findings

By Greater Good Science Center | September 24, 2015

Here at Greater Good, we cov­er research into social and emo­tion­al well-being, and we try to help peo­ple apply find­ings to their per­son­al and pro­fes­sion­al lives. We are well aware that our busi­ness is a tricky one. Sum­ma­riz­ing sci­en­tif­ic stud­ies and apply­ing them to people’s lives isn’t just dif­fi­cult for the obvi­ous rea­sons, like 

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The billion dollar question: Under what conditions can brain training result in real-world benefits?

By SharpBrains | August 18, 2015

. Does any­one care if “brain games” actu­al­ly work? (For­tune): “The cog­ni­tive fit­ness mar­ket — loose­ly defined as non-inva­­sive neu­rotech­nolo­gies that mon­i­tor or enhance cog­ni­tion — is booming…The “brain game” indus­try is already a bil­lion dol­lar mar­ket, and will reach the $6 bil­lion mark with­in the next five years says Sharp­Brains, a neu­ro-well­­ness mar­ket research…

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