Update: Why Untrained Brains Are A Bit Like Puppies (And How Dance Offers Great Brain Training)

By SharpBrains | April 27, 2017

— Time for Sharp­Brains’ April e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing what’s new in brain health and cog­ni­tive per­for­mance. Quite stim­u­lat­ing read­ing :-) New think­ing Why Untrained Brains Are A Bit Like Pup­pies, And How To Put Togeth­er the Build­ing Blocks of a Smarter, Hap­pi­er Mind Mak­ing Stress Work for You, Instead of Against You 5 Facts You Need To Know…

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Why “Untrained Brains Are A Bit Like Puppies,” And How To Put Together the Building Blocks of a Smarter, Happier Mind

By Amy Blankson | April 26, 2017

— As a child, I was con­vinced that my dad just went to work to play. My father was a neu­ro­sci­en­tist at Bay­lor Uni­ver­si­ty, and his office was full of bright­ly col­ored blocks to test intel­li­gence, books by MC Esch­er to study per­cep­tion, and even a sound­proof room cov­ered in blue foam that I thought was…

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Perspectiva: Transformando la educacion para fortalecer de las funciones ejecutivas y mejorar el rendimiento escolar y laboral

By SharpBrains | April 7, 2017

¿Puede ust­ed aumen­tar su inteligen­cia? (El Con­fi­den­cial): “Ha apare­ci­do una flo­re­ciente indus­tria del entre­namien­to men­tal (Brain Train­ing Indus­try) que mueve más de 1.000 mil­lones de dólares en EEUU (Sharpbrains.com). Medi­ante pro­gra­mas infor­máti­cos, prom­ete mejo­rar la inteligen­cia, aumen­tar la memo­ria, resolver prob­le­mas de déficit de aten­ción e hiper­ac­tivi­dad, pre­venir el alzhéimer, man­ten­er la efi­cien­cia cog­ni­ti­va en…

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Special Offer: Learn from 100+ Brain Experts, Watch 40+ Hours at the Leading Edge

By SharpBrains | April 6, 2017

Will we soon have an “annu­al brain check-up”? Under what con­di­tions may spe­cif­ic brain training/ enhance­ment meth­ods work? Is implant­i­ng elec­trodes in one’s brain–as Elon Musk’s new ven­ture just announced–the most promis­ing way to cre­ate a brain-com­put­er inter­face? How can we har­ness neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty to rein­vent edu­ca­tion and men­tal health? Thou­sands of pro­fes­sion­als know that Sharp­Brains’ annual…

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Enhancing cognition via brain training with a visual emphasis: Key neurotechnology patent #38

By SharpBrains | April 4, 2017
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Today we high­light a 2010 patent assigned to Posit Sci­ence Cor­po­ra­tion, the devel­op­er of Brain­HQ brain train­ing sys­tem. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patents, from old­er to new­er by issue date, to get a bet­ter glimpse into emerg­ing trends) U.S. Patent No. 7,773,097: Visu­al empha­sis for cog­ni­tive train­ing exer­cis­es Assignee(s): Posit Sci­ence Cor­po­ra­tion Inventor(s):…

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Update: Study Debunks Four Common Myths About Brain Training and Lifelong Cognitive Enhancement

By SharpBrains | February 24, 2017

— Time for a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter explor­ing the lat­est in brain health. New research: Study debunks 4 com­mon myths about brain train­ing and life­long cog­ni­tive enhance­ment Don’t over­look sleep dif­fi­cul­ties in chil­dren with ADHD; they may impair func­tion­ing as much as ADHD itself Cog­ni­tive Behav­ioral Ther­a­py (CBT), not med­ica­tion, dri­ves long-term rewiring of the…

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