Study: Internet-based screening can help detect aging-related cognitive deficits

By SharpBrains | December 3, 2014

— We just came across a new and fas­ci­nat­ing sci­en­tific paper, titled Devel­op­ment and eval­u­a­tion of a self-admin­is­tered on-line test of mem­o­ry and atten­tion for mid­­dle-aged and old­er adults, and pub­lished at Fron­tiers in Aging Neu­ro­science. Here is the very read­able abstract: “There is a need for rapid and reli­able Inter­net-based screen­ing tools for cog­ni­tive assess­ment in mid­­dle-aged and old­er adults.…

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Michael Meagher (Cogniciti): Let’s transform brain health from “suffer-in-silence” to “let-me-take-control”

By Alvaro Fernandez | September 24, 2014

What is your cur­rent job title and orga­ni­za­tion, and what excites you the most about work­ing there? As the Pres­i­dent of Cog­nic­i­ti, a spin-off from Bay­crest reseach cen­ter and hos­pi­tal, I am excit­ed to help trans­form brain health from a reac­tive, “suf­fer-in-silence” space to a proac­tive, “let-me-take-con­trol-of-my-health” space.

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Sneak peak into the Preliminary Agenda @ 2014 SharpBrains Virtual Summit

By SharpBrains | August 14, 2014

Heads-up: If you want to join 20+ con­firmed world-class speak­ers and 100+ pro­fes­sion­als at the fore­front of brain health and applied neu­ro­science, please Reg­is­ter now and help us final­ize the fas­ci­nat­ing Sum­mit Agen­da: Tues­day, Octo­ber 28, 2014 8:15–9:45am. The State of the Brain Fit­ness Move­ment: demo­graphic, sci­en­tific, and mar­ket trends, explained 10:00–11:30am. Inno­v­a­tive part­ner­ships to improve lifelong…

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New online cognitive self-assessment by Cogniciti (Baycrest): a thermometer for the mind?

By SharpBrains | May 27, 2014

Bay­crest mem­o­ry experts launch ‘ther­mome­ter’ for the mind (Press release): “Accord­ing to the test’s cre­ators, the major­i­ty of peo­ple will score in the nor­mal, healthy range for their age – which will help reas­sure the “wor­ried well”. For the small per­cent­age (approx­i­mate­ly 2 — 3%) that scores below aver­age for 

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Upcoming Webinar: The Digital Brain Health & Training Market in 2014

By SharpBrains | February 24, 2014

When: Thurs­day, March 13, 2014 from 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM (EDT) Join this upcom­ing webi­nar, to be held dur­ing Brain Aware­ness Week 2014, to dis­cuss the lat­est mar­ket data and news in the dig­i­tal brain health and brain train­ing space, includ­ing Roset­ta Stone’s acqui­si­tion of Viv­i­ty Labs (devel­op­er of Fit Brains mobile cog­ni­tive games), Bay­er’s glob­al partnership…

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Brain Training and Cognitive Assessment Market Surpassed $1.3 Billion In 2013

By SharpBrains | January 23, 2014

Heads-up: We just announced a new intel­li­gence pack­age aimed at edu­ca­tion, health, gam­ing and tech­nol­o­gy exec­u­tives and inno­va­tors. “Many mar­ket reports pro­vide lit­tle val­ue for the mon­ey. This mar­ket report by Sharp­Brains is the pre­cise oppo­site. Its wealth of data and analy­sis pro­vides very valu­able strate­gic and busi­ness devel­op­ment guid­ance to orga­ni­za­tions at the frontier…

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