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Brain training seen as promising non-pharmacological method to enhance attention in healthy young adults

February 1, 2019 by SharpBrains

This brain train­ing app may help you stay focused, says new study (CNN):

“Our dig­i­tal lives make con­cen­tra­tion difficult…A group of Cam­bridge uni­ver­si­ty researchers believes to have devel­oped a “fun” solu­tion to this mod­ern prob­lem. By play­ing a “brain train­ing” game, called Decoder, play­ers can increase their con­cen­tra­tion. [Read more…] about Brain train­ing seen as promis­ing non-phar­ma­co­log­i­cal method to enhance atten­tion in healthy young adults

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Filed Under: Attention & ADD/ADHD, Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning, Peak Performance Tagged With: adhd, Brain-Training, brain-training-app, cognitive, Decoder, improve-concentration, Neuropsychology, non-pharmacological, Ritalin

Study: One-week brain training can increase cognitive flexibility and reduce OCD symptoms

October 30, 2018 by SharpBrains

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OCD symp­toms could be reduced with ‘brain-train­ing’ app, study says (UPI):

“Peo­ple with obses­sive com­pul­sive dis­or­der could man­age their symp­toms, includ­ing exces­sive hand­wash­ing and con­t­a­m­i­na­tion fears, by using a “brain train­ing” app, accord­ing to its developers.

Researchers from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Cam­bridge in Britain, who test­ed [Read more…] about Study: One-week brain train­ing can increase cog­ni­tive flex­i­bil­i­ty and reduce OCD symptoms

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Filed Under: Technology & Innovation Tagged With: app, Brain-Training, brain-training-app, cognitive-flexibility, handwashing, obsessive-compulsive disorder, OCD, smartphone

Brain Training vs Facebook/ Social Media: 1 — 0

September 21, 2018 by SharpBrains

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Does Reg­u­lar Brain Train­ing Keep Sele­na Gomez at the Peak of Her Career? (YCB):

“Sele­na Gomez hit the head­lines this week when she revealed to ELLE Mag­a­zine that, despite being one of the world’s most influ­en­tial celebri­ties online with 142 mil­lion fol­low­ers on Insta­gram alone, she actu­al­ly has no social media or pho­to edit­ing apps on her smartphone.

In fact, the only app she does have is Peak, a pop­u­lar brain-train­ing app.

The Peak app has already reached 40 mil­lion down­loads world­wide, and Sele­na Gomez is just part of a grow­ing trend of 20-some­things who are now using apps and games like this for fun, self-improve­ment and relax­ation, rather than just pas­sive­ly brows­ing online content.”

News in Context:

  • Can brain train­ing work? Yes, if it meets these 5 conditions
  • What are cog­ni­tive abil­i­ties and how to boost them?
  • Solv­ing the Brain Fit­ness Puz­zle Is the Key to Self-Empow­ered Aging
  • Five rea­sons the future of brain enhance­ment is dig­i­tal, per­va­sive and (hope­ful­ly) bright

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Filed Under: Education & Lifelong Learning, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: app, Brain-Training, brain-training-app, Peak, relaxation, Selena Gomez, self-improvement, smartphone, social-media

Evidence review: Cognitive training & remediation works, especially in schizophrenia and healthy aging

August 31, 2018 by SharpBrains

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Evi­dence That Com­put­er­ized Cog­ni­tive Train­ing Works (Psy­chol­o­gy Today)

“Many peo­ple use com­put­er­ized cog­ni­tive train­ing with the hopes of pre­vent­ing men­tal decline or improv­ing men­tal per­for­mance. But do these brain train­ing games actu­al­ly work?  [Read more…] about Evi­dence review: Cog­ni­tive train­ing & reme­di­a­tion works, espe­cial­ly in schiz­o­phre­nia and healthy aging

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Brain-Training, brain-training-games, cognition, Computerized-cognitive-training, controversies, games, healthy-aging, Rehabilitation. Clinical trials, schizophrenia

Perspective: How brain training games could help patients with Huntington’s disease

July 20, 2018 by Emma Yhnell

– Lia Koltyrina/Shutterstock

In the search for new treat­ments, sci­ence often focus­es on med­ica­tion first. But drugs aren’t the only way to fight ill­ness, par­tic­u­lar­ly when look­ing at brain dis­eases. My research looks into how play­ing spe­cial­ly designed com­put­er games might help peo­ple who are liv­ing with Huntington’s dis­ease. [Read more…] about Per­spec­tive: How brain train­ing games could help patients with Huntington’s disease

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Filed Under: Technology & Innovation Tagged With: brain-disorder, Brain-Training, brain-training-games, games, Huntingtons-Disease

Update: Large study finds that consistent use of ADHD medication may stunt growth by 2 inches (5 centimeters)

March 28, 2018 by SharpBrains

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Time for Sharp­Brains’ eNewslet­ter, bring­ing you lat­est news around med­ica­tion, brain train­ing, sup­ple­ments, mind-wan­der­ing, dig­i­tal ther­a­peu­tics, wear­ables, and more — and also a few quick brain teasers to wrap-up.

New research:

  • Con­sis­tent use of ADHD med­ica­tion may stunt growth by 2 inch­es, large study finds
  • Mind-wan­der­ing may help enhance cre­ativ­i­ty, job per­for­mance and gen­er­al well-being, stud­ies show
  • The ulti­mate in trans­fer from brain train­ing to real-world out­comes: Reduc­ing the risk of at-fault acci­dents by almost 50%

New thinking:

  • AARP, TINA.org and the Nation­al Con­sumers League join forces to chal­lenge Pre­vagen mem­o­ry improve­ment claims
  • Rein­vent­ing Brain Med­i­cine, phar­ma adopts dig­i­tal ther­a­peu­tics: Evi­dence-based videogames, smart­phone apps, and sensors
  • For­get the Oscars — the Greater Good­ies hon­or ten films that high­light the growth mind­set, resilience, and more

New tools:

  • Next in clin­i­cal prac­tice: Auto­mat­ed real-time detec­tion of seizures via wear­able EMG devices
  • DARPA invests in non­sur­gi­cal neu­rotech­nolo­gies for even­tu­al use in healthy human subjects

 

Final­ly, we have a cou­ple of fun, quick brain teasers for you, and also a selec­tion of arti­cles to cel­e­brate Brain Aware­ness Week 2018.

Have a great spring,

The Sharp­Brains Team

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Filed Under: Attention & ADD/ADHD, Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: Brain-Training, digital therapeutics, enewsletter, medication, mind-wandering, neurotechnologies, Neurotechnology, supplements, wearables

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