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Update: Trained older brains can outperform untrained younger ones at demanding cognitive tasks

August 29, 2019 by SharpBrains

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Time for Sharp­Brains e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing the lat­est research, tools and think­ing for life­long brain health and men­tal well-being — and a cou­ple fun brain teasers 🙂

New brain research:

  • Can trained old­er brains out­per­form untrained younger ones at demand­ing cog­ni­tive tasks? Quick answer: YES
  • Sep­tem­ber 17th @ UC Berke­ley: Dis­rupt­ing neu­rode­gen­er­a­tive diseases

New neurotech and digital health:

  • Har­ness­ing inno­v­a­tive neu­rotech­nolo­gies to pro­vide bet­ter urgent care at Ban­ner Health
  • Phar­ma indus­try warm­ing up to dig­i­tal therapeutics
  • Dig­i­tal Cog­ni­tive Behav­ioral Ther­a­py (CBTi) may become the uni­ver­sal first-line treat­ment for insomnia

New thinking on brain and mind:

  • Pos­i­tive soli­tude, Feel­ing active and Future-mind­ednes: Three Keys to Well-being
  • Study finds psy­chi­atric diag­noses to be ‘sci­en­tif­i­cal­ly meaningless’

And a couple fun brain teasers:

  • Quick brain teas­er to deter­mine your stress levels
  • Test your cog­ni­tive flexibility

 

Have a great month of September,

 

The Sharp­Brains Team

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Can digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBTi) become the universal first-line treatment for insomnia?

August 13, 2019 by SharpBrains

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Pear Ther­a­peu­tics’ dig­i­tal insom­nia ther­a­peu­tic will put FDA’s Pre­Cert frame­work through its paces (Mobi­Health­News):

“Pre­scrip­tion dig­i­tal ther­a­peu­tics com­pa­ny Pear Ther­a­peu­tics announced late last week that it has filed an FDA mar­ket­ing autho­riza­tion for Som­ryst, its dig­i­tal cog­ni­tive behav­ioral ther­a­py for the treat­ment of adults with chron­ic insom­nia and depression.

While an approval from the agency would mark the third autho­rized pre­scrip­tion dig­i­tal ther­a­peu­tic for Pear [Read more…] about Can dig­i­tal Cog­ni­tive Behav­ioral Ther­a­py (CBTi) become the uni­ver­sal first-line treat­ment for insomnia?

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