Next: Will brain sensors be able to infer the mental state of a person–and, for example, identify sarcasm in a message?

By SharpBrains | April 18, 2017

Today we high­light a thought-pro­­vok­ing patent by Intel­lec­tu­al Ven­tures. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patents–from old­er to new­er by issue date–to gain a glimpse into future appli­ca­tions) U.S. Patent No. 8,082,215: Acqui­si­tion and par­tic­u­lar asso­ci­a­tion of infer­ence data indica­tive of inferred men­tal states of author­ing users Assignee(s): The Inven­tion Sci­ence Fund I, LLC (Intel­lec­tu­al Ventures)…

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Update: 40% of ADHD diagnoses, 70% of treatment plans, fall short of AAP guidelines

By SharpBrains | December 29, 2014

Time for Sharp­Brains’ Decem­ber e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing a wide range of insights on brain health and inno­va­tion, and a deep analy­sis of this new study that found large gaps between research and prac­tice in ADHD diag­no­sis and treat­ment. Did you know, for exam­ple, that over 40% of diag­noses, and over 70% of the treat­ment plans, fall short of…

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