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Meet six MIT Brain Health Solvers at the 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (December 5–7th)

October 20, 2017 by SharpBrains

 

Win­ners of 2017 Brain Health Chal­lenge by MIT Solve, select­ed on Sep­tem­ber 17th, 2017

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We are proud to announce that, fur­ther­ing our col­lab­o­ra­tion with MIT Solve Brain Health Chal­lenge, six MIT Solve Win­ners will par­tic­i­pate at the upcom­ing 2017 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Summit.

Two of them will speak and share their insights and chal­lenges will all Sum­mit par­tic­i­pants: [Read more…] about Meet six MIT Brain Health Solvers at the 2017 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit (Decem­ber 5–7th)

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Brain Health Challenge, Brain-health, Digital Cognition Technologies, MIT Solve, Sapien Labs

Final days to submit scalable & non-pharmacological Brain Health proposals to MIT Solve’s Brain Health Challenge

July 28, 2017 by Alvaro Fernandez

Insuf­fi­cient brain health­care is one of the most per­va­sive and mul­ti-faceted prob­lems our world faces today. From the young to the old, the rich to the poor, those liv­ing in dense cities to iso­lat­ed farm­lands, any­one can be affect­ed by brain health prob­lems. Yet, cur­rent solu­tions to this prob­lem are lim­it­ed. While some inno­va­tions have made sig­nif­i­cant strides towards improved brain health, there is a press­ing need for stronger pri­or­i­ti­za­tion of cog­ni­tive health­care and more proac­tive inno­va­tion towards pre­ven­ta­tive treat­ments. [Read more…] about Final days to sub­mit scal­able & non-phar­ma­co­log­i­cal Brain Health pro­pos­als to MIT Solve’s Brain Health Challenge

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Filed Under: Technology & Innovation Tagged With: artificial intelligence, brain diseases, Brain Health Challenge, brain healthcare, Brain-health, cognitive, cognitive healthcare, healthcare, innovation, mental well being, MIT Solve, neuroplasticity, pervasive, preventative, preventative treatments, treatments

Applying to MIT Solve? Here are 4 Ways, and 20 Resources, to Upgrade Brain Health in the Digital Age

June 29, 2017 by SharpBrains

Insuf­fi­cient brain health­care is one of the most per­va­sive and mul­ti-faceted prob­lems our world faces today. From the young to the old, the rich to the poor, those liv­ing in dense cities to iso­lat­ed farm­lands, any­one can be affect­ed by brain health prob­lems. Yet, cur­rent solu­tions to this prob­lem are lim­it­ed. While some inno­va­tions have made sig­nif­i­cant strides towards improved brain health, there is a press­ing need for stronger pri­or­i­ti­za­tion of cog­ni­tive health­care and more proac­tive inno­va­tion towards pre­ven­ta­tive treatments.

Here’s what the new MIT Solve 2017 Glob­al Chal­lenge says about brain health:

“Brain and men­tal well-being are crit­i­cal to the health and hap­pi­ness of the 7.5 bil­lion peo­ple who inhab­it our planet…shifting the con­ver­sa­tion from treat­ing brain dis­eases to improv­ing well-being may begin to dis­solve the cul­tur­al stig­ma that makes it dif­fi­cult for many to seek help.”

Con­tin­ue read­ing the arti­cle Four Ways to Upgrade Brain Health in the Dig­i­tal Age, by Sharp­Brains’ Alvaro Fer­nan­dez, with guide­lines and resources to:

  1. Pri­or­i­tize scal­able solu­tions for all
  2. Har­ness life­long neuroplasticity
  3. Har­ness per­va­sive tech­nolo­gies and arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence (AI)
  4. Edu­cate users and encour­age human-cen­tered innovation

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Filed Under: Technology & Innovation Tagged With: artificial intelligence, brain diseases, Brain Health Challenge, brain healthcare, Brain-health, cognitive, cognitive healthcare, healthcare, innovation, mental well being, MIT Solve, neuroplasticity, pervasive, preventative, preventative treatments, treatments

May e‑newsletter: MIT Solve launches Brain Health Challenge, asking “How can every person improve their brain health and mental resilience?”

May 25, 2017 by SharpBrains

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Time for Sharp­Brains’ May e‑newsletter, high­light­ing what’s new in brain health and men­tal per­for­mance, and fea­tur­ing a very rel­e­vant MIT ini­tia­tive and a thought-pro­vok­ing study on the “Cog­ni­tive Divide.”

New thinking

  • MIT Solve launch­es Brain Health Chal­lenge: How can every per­son improve their brain health and men­tal resilience?
  • Men­tal Health Inno­va­tion and Dr. Tom Insel: from the NIMH to Google/ Ver­i­ly Life Sci­ences to Start­up Mindstrong
  • Five rea­sons the future of brain enhance­ment is dig­i­tal, per­va­sive and (hope­ful­ly) bright (relat­ed slides here)
  • Eight research teams work­ing with DARPA to dis­cov­er best ways to acti­vate neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty and accel­er­ate learning
  • Researchers pro­pose four “neu­ror­ights” to har­ness neu­rotech­nol­o­gy for good: cog­ni­tive lib­er­ty, men­tal pri­va­cy, men­tal integri­ty, and psy­cho­log­i­cal continuity

 

New research

  • Is moder­ni­ty lead­ing to a grow­ing Cog­ni­tive Divide?
  • Phys­i­cal­ly-active video games (‘exergames’) boost cog­ni­tion more than phys­i­cal activ­i­ty alone
  • Com­mon med­ica­tion treat­ments for PTSD can increase the risk of devel­op­ing dementia
  • Study iden­ti­fies brain cir­cuits enabling four-year-olds to “put them­selves in oth­er people’s shoes”

 

New tools

  • Want a music sys­tem that lifts you up when you’re feel­ing down? Meet this audio head­set with bio-sig­nal sen­sors (Neu­roSky patent)
  • Eval­u­at­ing neur­al respons­es via EEG brain data in vir­tu­al real­i­ty envi­ron­ments (Nielsen patent)
  • Con­nect­ing car­di­o­log­i­cal and neu­ro­log­i­cal health (Medtron­ic patent)
  • Start-up Aira rais­es $12M, show­ing the way for cog­ni­tive sci­ence and arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence (AI) to improve the lives of blind and low vision individuals

 

Have a great month of June and, for those based in the US, a great Memo­r­i­al Day weekend,

 

The Sharp­Brains Team

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning, SharpBrains Monthly eNewsletter, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Aira, artificial intelligence, Brain Health Challenge, brain-enhancement, Brain-health, cognitive-performance, DARPA, digital, Jazz Ventures, Learning, Medtronic, mental resilience, mental-performance, Mindstrong, MIT, MIT Solve, neuroplasticity, neurorights, NeuroSky, Nielsen, NIMH, Tom Insel

MIT Solve launches Brain Health Challenge: How can every person improve their brain health and mental resilience?

May 10, 2017 by Alvaro Fernandez

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As a Judge and mem­ber of the Chal­lenge’s Lead­er­ship Team, let me share some rel­e­vant news for sharp brains world­wide: MIT Solve (a recent MIT off­shoot to iden­ti­fy and accel­er­ate scal­able social solu­tions) has just launched a Brain Health Chal­lenge to address the key ques­tion: How can every per­son improve their brain health and men­tal resilience?

Sum­ma­ry: Brain and men­tal well-being are crit­i­cal to the health and hap­pi­ness of the 7.5 bil­lion peo­ple who inhab­it our plan­et. The way we feel, solve prob­lems, and inter­act with one anoth­er all depend on the health of our brains. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, [Read more…] about MIT Solve launch­es Brain Health Chal­lenge: How can every per­son improve their brain health and men­tal resilience?

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: brain disorders, Brain Health Challenge, Brain-Fitness, Brain-health, challenge, cognitive, fitness, mental resilience, MIT Solve

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