Explore new ways to measure Brain Health & Performance @ 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (December 5–7th)

By SharpBrains | November 27, 2017

_____ Kick­start­ed with a keynote by scientist/ pol­i­­cy-mak­er/ entre­pre­neur Dr. Tom Insel,  the 2017 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit (Decem­ber 5–7th) will host a Brainnova­tions Pitch Con­test to dis­cuss the lat­est tech­nolo­gies for Brain Health & Enhance­ment. 12 select­ed star­tups will get to pitch their inno­v­a­tive approach and solu­tions to our dis­tin­guished Judges –our very own “Sharp Tank”– and…

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Are you familiar with these research findings and technologies revolutionizing Brain & Mental Health?

By SharpBrains | October 30, 2017

___________________________________ Try adding 3 and 8 in your head. That was easy. Now, try­ing adding 33 and 88. That was prob­a­bly more dif­fi­cult. Final­ly, try adding 333 and 888. Time for Sharp­Brains’ Octo­ber e‑newsletter, this time dis­cussing a range of research find­ings and tech­nolo­gies rev­o­lu­tion­iz­ing brain and men­tal health. New think­ing about cog­ni­tion, brain and mind: Study sug­gests the…

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Brainy Innovation Tips from Edward Kliphuis, Investment Director with Merck Ventures

By Alvaro Fernandez | August 1, 2017

Ques­tion: Edward, please share 1–2 major brain health needs you observe right now whose solu­tion demands a cre­ative and sig­nif­i­cant tech-enabled inno­va­tion. Answer: We need to tar­get depres­sion, stress and fatigue in a quan­tifi­able man­ner (ie. no well­­ness-like claims, but real data sup­port­ing an improve­ment in the afore­men­tioned indi­ca­tions). Treat­ments and ear­ly detec­tion too. Also, ways…

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5 trends shaping the future of brain enhancement and neuropsychology

By SharpBrains | May 9, 2017

Five rea­sons the future of brain enhance­ment is dig­i­tal, per­va­sive and (hope­ful­ly) bright from Sharp­Brains Pre­sen­ta­tion by Alvaro Fer­nan­dez at the New York Neu­ropsy­chol­o­gy Group (NYNG) 2017 Annu­al Spring Con­fer­ence. Descrip­tion: Hun­dreds of com­pa­nies around the globe–now includ­ing Elon Musk’s Neu­ralink and even Facebook–are research­ing and devel­op­ing new ways to help brain own­ers be smarter,…

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Update: To honor Brain Awareness Week 2017, let’s highlight 10 Key Facts To Harness Neuroplasticity And Improve Brain Fitness

By SharpBrains | March 23, 2017

— Last week was Brain Aware­ness Week, so let’s first of all dis­cuss these 10 Key Facts to Har­ness Neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty & Improve Brain Fit­ness com­ing from the hun­dreds of sci­en­tif­ic and med­ical stud­ies we ana­lyzed to pre­pare the book The Sharp­Brains Guide to Brain Fit­ness: How to Improve Brain Health and Per­for­mance at Any Age. And here’s the rest…

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