Posts Tagged ‘brain-functioning’
Update: From smart homes to smart people — where digital health meets brain fitness
Who said, “So for me the most exciting takeaway from this year’s CES (Consumer Electronics Show) isn’t the smart car or the smart home, it’s the smart person…” You can find the answer, and many insights on brain health innovation, by reading SharpBrains’ January 2013 eNewsletter. Enjoy! Digital health meets consumer electronics and brain training, by Dr. Evian…
Read MoreUpcoming webinar: The State of the Digital Brain Health Market (January 30th, 2013)
We will discuss the main findings and innovation opportunities/ challenges identified in SharpBrains’ new market report The Digital Brain Health Market 2012–2020: Web-based, mobile and biometrics-based technology to assess, monitor and enhance cognition and brain functioning. When: Wednesday, January 30th, 2013, 1–2.30pm US Eastern Time (live webinar will be recorded for later viewing by registrants)
Read MoreNew market report analyzing the growing Digital Brain Health market 2012–2020
We are proud to release today what we believe is our best market intelligence report so far, tracking how fully automated applications designed to assess, monitor and/ or enhance cognition and brain functioning are transforming brain health, and health overall. Here are a few examples of what we mean by Digital Brain Health, selected from among…
Read MoreTranscendental Meditation and Working Memory Training To Enhance Executive Functions
New study shows Transcendental Meditation improves brain functioning in ADHD students (press release): — “Prior research shows ADHD children have slower brain development and a reduced ability to cope with stress,” said Dr. Stixrud. “Virtually everyone finds it difficult to pay attention, organize themselves and get things done when they’re under stress,” he explained. “Stress…
Read MoreMichael Merzenich on Brain Training, Assessments, and Personal Brain Trainers
Interview with Dr. Michael Merzenich, Emeritus Professor at UCSF, a leading pioneer in brain plasticity research. In the late 1980s, Dr. Merzenich was on the team that invented the cochlear implant. In 1996, he was the founding CEO of Scientific Learning Corporation (Nasdaq: SCIL), and in 2004 became co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Posit Science. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1999 and to the Institute of Medicine this year. He retired as Francis A. Sooy Professor and Co-Director of the Keck Center for Integrative Neuroscience at the University of California at San Francisco in 2007. You may have learned about his work in one of PBS TV specials, multiple media appearances, or neuroplasticity-related books.
Read MoreWhy we need to Retool Use it or lose it
The July/ August 2009 issue of The Journal on Active Aging includes my article Why We Need to Retool “Use It Or Lose It” An excerpt: “By now you have probably heard about brain plasticity, the lifelong capacity of the brain to change and rewire itself in response to the stimulation of learning and experience.…
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