Posts Tagged ‘cognitive-decline’
E‑Newsletter: Neuroimaging + machine learning can predict, with 96% accuracy, whether high-risk 6‑month-old babies will develop autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by age 2
_____ Time for SharpBrains’ June e‑newsletter, featuring fascinating scientific findings, promising assessments, therapies and brain health monitoring tools…and some fun optical illusions :-) New research Study combines neuroimaging with machine learning to predict, with 96% accuracy, whether high-risk 6‑month-old babies will develop autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by age 2 Cognitive Training or Gingko Biloba to prevent cognitive decline and…
Read MoreCognitive Training or Gingko Biloba to prevent cognitive decline and dementia? New comprehensive report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine clarifies priorities for public health and for future research
Evidence Supporting Three Interventions That Might Slow Cognitive Decline and the Onset of Dementia Is Encouraging but Insufficient to Justify a Public Health Campaign Focused on Their Adoption (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine): “Cognitive training, blood pressure management for people with hypertension, and increased physical activity all show modest but inconclusive evidence that…
Read MoreStudy debunks 4 common myths about brain training and lifelong cognitive enhancement
— If the media is your main source of information about brain training and cognitive enhancement, you will probably believe the following: 1) All brain training is the same… 2) …and it simply doesn’t work. 3) Commercial brain training programs, especially, don’t work. 4) How could they work? Genetics is destiny, aging is a predetermined process…so by age 60…
Read MoreNews: Advanced Brain Monitoring receives Global Health and Pharma Award for clinical-grade platforms monitoring brain’s electrical activity
— Advanced Brain Monitoring Named “Most Innovative Medical Device Company” at Global Health and Pharma Awards (Sleep Review): “Advanced Brain Monitoring Inc was named the “Most Innovative Medical Device Company” by Global Health and Pharma at its 2016 Healthcare and Pharmaceutical awards. “This award recognizes our company’s successes in developing technologies which enable clinicians and…
Read MoreSurvey of key scientific, technological and investment trends revolutionizing Brain Health in our Digital Age
—– Last year I got very interested in the functioning of the human brain and the science behind mindfulness and learning [1], so was quite excited to attend the SharpBrains Virtual Summit [2] in December, indulging in the latest trends in applied neuroscience and digital innovation. The Summit focused on the theme of reinventing brain health in the digital…
Read MoreNew studies reinforce Education and Cognitive Reserve –instead of drugs targeting beta amyloid– as most promising avenue to prolong cognitive health and reduce dementia risk
Dementia Risk Declines, And Education May Be One Reason Why (NPR): “Some encouraging news in the battle against Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia: The rate at which older Americans are getting these conditions is declining. That’s according to
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