On centenarians, memory, Mars, tDCS, ADHD, digital health, beautiful brains, and more

By SharpBrains | April 30, 2021

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing ten time­ly resources and research find­ings for life­long brain and men­tal fit­ness. #1. Let’s start with a fas­ci­nat­ing sto­ry and study :-) Study with 330 cen­te­nar­i­ans finds that cog­ni­tive decline is not inevitable … (Henne Hol­stege, PhD, assis­tant pro­fes­sor at Ams­ter­dam Uni­ver­si­ty Med­ical Cen­ter) said her inter­est in researching…

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The latest on brain health, neurotechnology, artificial intelligence and “never stop wondering”

By SharpBrains | January 29, 2021

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing a life well lived, the lat­est news on brain health and inno­va­tion, and some brain teasers in hon­or of Inter­na­tion­al Brain Teas­er Month. #1. Thank you, Sharon. We won’t. “Nev­er stop won­der­ing” — Sharon Beg­ley, sci­ence jour­nal­ist, RIP #2. Write injuries in sand, kind­ness­es in ____________. Milk the…

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Update: Understanding Brain Health via Cosmological Health, and vice versa

By SharpBrains | December 29, 2020

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing fas­ci­nat­ing find­ings, books and resources for life­long brain health. #1. “The human brain (sec­tion; left image above) func­tions thanks to its wide neu­ronal net­work that is deemed to con­tain approx­i­mate­ly 69 bil­lion neu­rons. On the oth­er hand, the observ­able uni­verse (sec­tion sim­u­la­tion; right image) can count…

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Reminder: Promoting Brain Health for Life, December 15–16th

By Institut Guttmann | December 9, 2020

We need a new approach to pro­mote Brain Health for Life: instead of try­ing to treat dis­eases, we need to edu­cate and empow­er the pub­lic at large to adopt life­long healthy lifestyles. In par­al­lel, we need to bet­ter under­stand brain resilience and its mech­a­nisms to design inter­ven­tions that pro­mote it and delay the onset of…

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Understanding Brain Health via Cosmological Health, and vice versa

By SharpBrains | December 8, 2020

Neu­ro­science Meets Astro­physics: Does the Human Brain Resem­ble the Uni­verse? (SciTech­Dai­ly): In their paper pub­lished in Fron­tiers of Physics, Fran­co Vaz­za (astro­physi­cist at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Bologna) and Alber­to Felet­ti (neu­ro­sur­geon at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Verona) inves­ti­gat­ed the sim­i­lar­i­ties between two of the most chal­leng­ing and com­plex sys­tems in nature: the cos­mic net­work of galaxies…

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