Update: Dementia rates in the UK significantly lower than forecasted, highlighting the protective role of lifestyle and education

    Time for a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ eNewslet­ter, full of fas­ci­nat­ing brain stud­ies and emerg­ing think­ing and tools for life­long men­tal health and per­for­mance. Hap­py read­ing! New research: Demen­tia rates in the UK sig­nif­i­cant­ly low­er than forecasted–especially for men–highlighting the pro­tec­tive role of lifestyle and edu­ca­tion Sys­tem­at­ic evi­dence review finds cog­ni­tive behav­ioral ther­a­py as effective…

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Brain hacking emerges as latest trend in wearable tech, but is it ready for prime time?

———- Brain-zap­ping gad­gets promise to make you a bet­ter you — smarter, stronger, even hap­pi­er (The Wash­ing­ton Post): “Amer­i­cans’ obses­sion with well­ness is fuel­ing a new cat­e­go­ry of con­sumer elec­tron­ics, one that goes far beyond the ubiq­ui­tous Fit­bits and UP activ­i­ty wrist­bands that only pas­sive­ly mon­i­tor users’ phys­i­cal activ­i­ty. The lat­est wear­able tech, to put it…

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Time to update the regulatory framework for cognitive enhancement–especially nootropics?

Seek­ing an edge, these brain hack­ers mix up risky chem­i­cal cock­tails for break­fast (Stat): “…A 31-year-old entre­pre­neur, Gutiér­rez has thrown him­self into the emerg­ing move­ment of body hack­ing — or, more pre­cise­ly, brain hack­ing. He’s a con­nois­seur of “nootrop­ics,” a broad cat­e­go­ry that includes phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal drugs, dietary sup­ple­ments, and do-it-your­­self con­coc­tions, all of them meant…

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