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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

Want to feel more Calm, get some Headspace, and practice Mindfulness Daily?

June 25, 2018 by Greater Good Science Center

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Let me ask again…want to feel more Calm, get some Head­space, and prac­tice Mind­ful­ness Daily?

There are apps for that—hundreds of them, besides the three I just mentioned.

These apps make a promise: Rather than invest­ing count­less hours and dol­lars in mind­ful­ness class­es or mind­ful­ness-based ther­a­py, we can choose to med­i­tate from the com­fort of our smart­phones. Users are flock­ing to mind­ful­ness apps in hopes of cul­ti­vat­ing kind atten­tion to their own thoughts and feel­ings, and of reap­ing the men­tal and phys­i­cal ben­e­fits that go along with mindfulness.

But do they work? What does sci­ence say about mind­ful­ness apps? [Read more…] about Want to feel more Calm, get some Head­space, and prac­tice Mind­ful­ness Daily?

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: brain-training-app, Calm, digital, Headspace, Lumosity, meditation, mindfulness, mindfulness apps, Mindfulness Daily, mindfulness-based, smartphone, stress-reduction, therapy

Digital brain health goes global: Savonix raises $5.1 million to commercialize mobile neurocognitive assessment in the US, China and Japan

June 14, 2017 by SharpBrains

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Savonix gets $5.1M to advance dig­i­tal neu­rocog­ni­tive assess­ment (Mobi­Health News):

“San Fran­cis­co-based Savonix, mak­er of an app for neu­rocog­ni­tive assess­ment, has raised $5.1 mil­lion in a new round of fund­ing. Dig­iTx Part­ners led the round with addi­tion­al con­tri­bu­tion from ReThink Impact. [Read more…] about Dig­i­tal brain health goes glob­al: Savonix rais­es $5.1 mil­lion to com­mer­cial­ize mobile neu­rocog­ni­tive assess­ment in the US, Chi­na and Japan

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Alkahest, brain testing app, Brain-health, brain-training-app, CereScan, cognitive-assessment, digital health, DigiTx Partners, neurocognitive, neurocognitive assessment, Proove Biosciences, ReThink Impact, Savonix, Savonix Mobile, Senescence Life Sciences

French publisher Hachette Livre acquires majority stake in brain training app Peak

December 23, 2016 by SharpBrains

hachette-livreBrain-train­ing app Peak sells major­i­ty stake to French pub­lish­er Hachette (TechCrunch):

“Some­thing of a sleep­er hit, the mak­ers of Peak — a sub­scrip­tion-based ser­vice specif­i­cal­ly designed to enter­tain a user while simul­ta­ne­ous­ly exer­cis­ing their cog­ni­tive skills — have sold a major­i­ty stake to French pub­lish­er Hachette Livre. Cre­at­ed by [Read more…] about French pub­lish­er Hachette Livre acquires major­i­ty stake in brain train­ing app Peak

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: app, Brain-Training, brain-training-app, Brainbow, cognitive-skills, digital, Hachette Livre, Peak, publishing, self-improvement, subscription

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