Update: Addressing unproductive thoughts and emotional and cognitive overload in the AI era

By SharpBrains | August 19, 2024

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing this time a range of resources, views and tips to empow­er our minds, get past pro­cras­ti­na­tion, nav­i­gate cog­ni­tive enhancers, and more. #1. Let’s get past pro­cras­ti­na­tion by address­ing emo­tion­al and cog­ni­tive over­load #2. Five tech­niques to self-reg­u­late intru­sive, unpro­duc­tive thoughts #3. Pros and Cons of using four nootropics–caffeine,…

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Time for a universal “exercise prescription” for kids and adults to boost cognition and mental health?

By SharpBrains | August 31, 2023 |

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing this time a range of brain research find­ings, tools and con­tro­ver­sies plus some brain teasers to chal­lenge your (and our) work­ing mem­o­ry. #1. Major evi­dence review sup­ports an “exer­cise pre­scrip­tion” for most adults to boost men­tal health “High­er inten­si­ty phys­i­cal activ­i­ty was asso­ci­at­ed with greater improvements”…

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BrainHealth Week starts today! Plus: dancing, personalized mental health, brain stimulation and more

By SharpBrains | February 20, 2023

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains e‑newsletter, annouc­ing the kick-off of Brain­Health Week and fea­tur­ing some stim­u­lat­ing resources and teasers. #1. Brain­Health Week (Feb­ru­ary 20–24th) starts today: Explore many fun events includ­ing a dai­ly text chal­lenge, a talk with the always great Dr. Tom Insel, and more! #2. With­out Brain Health, you do not have…

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Update: Playing videogames may be more cognitively beneficial than other forms of screentime like social media, watching videos/ TV

By SharpBrains | June 30, 2022

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing time­ly brain & men­tal health news and a fun brain teas­er to put your tem­po­ral lobes to good use :-) #1. Study finds that play­ing videogames may be more cog­ni­tive­ly ben­e­fi­cial for chil­dren than oth­er forms of screen­time (social media, watch­ing videos/ TV) “Here, we esti­mat­ed the impact…

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Welcome to the Ultimate Neuroscience Lab: Your Smartphone

By SharpBrains | September 30, 2021

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing this time six sci­en­tif­ic reports and indus­try resources plus a fun illu­sion. #1. Top 10 Men­tal Health Inno­va­tions to Watch: Spe­cial SciAm/ WEF report Hop­ing you enjoy the great series over at Sci­en­tif­ic Amer­i­can and espe­cial­ly #7, titled Wel­come to the Ulti­mate Neu­ro­science Lab: Your Smartphone,…

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