General Chiarelli: “We have a totally dysfunctional research system (for brain and mental health)”

— Gen­er­al Chiarelli’s Brain Cru­sade (Politi­co): “Soon after Peter Chiarel­li became vice chief of staff of the Army in 2008, a sub­or­di­nate showed him a bar graph depict­ing the num­ber of sol­diers deter­mined by the Depart­ment of Vet­er­ans Affairs to be at least 30 per­cent dis­abled. The tallest col­umn was on the far left.

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Update: To train your brain, work as a physician, air traffic controller, financial analyst, or similar

  Time for Sharp­Brains’ April 2014 e‑newsletter. If you’re look­ing for new think­ing, research and tools to enhance life­long brain health, let us sug­gest you’re in the right place! New think­ing: Top insights about neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty, emo­tion and cog­ni­tion, cour­tesy of our book read­ers  (In Span­ish: Prin­ci­pales con­cep­tos acer­ca de la neu­ro­plas­ti­ci­dad, las emo­ciones y la cog­ni­ción) The neuroscience…

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