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Cumulus Neuroscience raises $8.3M to develop EEG-based wireless ‘Fitbit for the brain’

May 5, 2021 by SharpBrains

Belfast-based Cumu­lus rais­es €6.9m for its ‘Fit­bit for the brain’ (The Irish Times):

… For­mer­ly known as Brain­Wave­Bank, the com­pa­ny has devel­oped a wire­less elec­troen­cephalo­gram (EEG) head­set and pro­pri­etary soft­ware plat­form that use advanced ana­lyt­ics and machine learn­ing to mea­sure cog­ni­tive fitness.

“This fund­ing will allow us to build on the ground-break­ing advances we have made in remote, fre­quent mon­i­tor­ing of brain activ­i­ty and cog­ni­tive func­tion in the home, in part­ner­ship with lead­ing devel­op­ers of dig­i­tal bio­mark­ers,” said Mr Cun­ning­ham, the company’s chief exec­u­tive. [Read more…] about Cumu­lus Neu­ro­science rais­es $8.3M to devel­op EEG-based wire­less ‘Fit­bit for the brain’

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Alzheimer’s Disease, BrainWaveBank, clinical-trials, CNS, CNS therapies, cognitive-fitness, Cumulus Neuroscience, dementia, Dementia Discovery Fund, digital biomarkers, EEG, electroencephalogram, FitBit, Fitbit for the brain, LifeArc, machine-learning, UK Future Fund

Debate: Should heads of state and candidates to high office pass a cognitive/ mental fitness test?

July 22, 2020 by Alvaro Fernandez

Wow, that was quite a dis­cus­sion over at Face­book groups on Neu­ro­science, Neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty, Psy­chi­a­try & Clin­i­cal Psy­chol­o­gy, Sin­gu­lar­i­ty and beyond as a response to the ques­tion Should heads of state and can­di­dates to high office pass a cognitive/ men­tal fit­ness test?

Here are (light­ly edit­ed, ran­dom­ly ordered, anonymized) some of the sharpest com­ments among the 100+ sub­mit­ted; some Pro, some Con, and many “it depends:” [Read more…] about Debate: Should heads of state and can­di­dates to high office pass a cognitive/ men­tal fit­ness test?

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health Tagged With: cognitive metrics, cognitive-fitness, Cognitive-tests, mental-fitness, political, Working-memory

Study finds continued birth of new neurons (neurogenesis) well into our 70s

April 11, 2018 by SharpBrains

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New brain mem­o­ry cells devel­op well into old age (Reuters):

“Well into our 70s, we con­tin­ue to devel­op new cells in an area of the brain respon­si­ble for new mem­o­ries and explo­ration of new envi­ron­ments, sci­en­tists report.

“These new brain cells sus­tain our abil­i­ties to make new mem­o­ries, learn, and cope with the envi­ron­ment, and they are impor­tant for [Read more…] about Study finds con­tin­ued birth of new neu­rons (neu­ro­ge­n­e­sis) well into our 70s

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: angiogenesis, Brain-Fitness, cognitive-fitness, Cognitive-impairment, Neurogenesis, Neurons, neuroplasticity, neuropsychiatric

Dance training: The ultimate way to delay brain decline by combining physical, cognitive, and social engagement

April 3, 2017 by SharpBrains

Study: Danc­ing may off­set some effects of aging in the brain (CSU release):

“A new study led by a Col­orado State Uni­ver­si­ty researcher shows that kick­ing up your heels can actu­al­ly be good for your noggin.

The research team demon­strat­ed for the first time that decline in the brain’s “white mat­ter” can be detect­ed over a peri­od of only six months in healthy aging adults [Read more…] about Dance train­ing: The ulti­mate way to delay brain decline by com­bin­ing phys­i­cal, cog­ni­tive, and social engagement

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Filed Under: Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: Aga Burzynska, aging adults, brain, brain decline, Brain-health, cognitive-fitness, cognitive-functioning, Cognitive-functions, dance, dancing, delay brain decline, exercise, healthy, healthy aging adults, Learning, neuroplasticity, social-interaction, white matter integrity, white-matter

The American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology (AACN) launches Disruptive Technology Initiative to shape the future of Neuropsychology

November 30, 2016 by SharpBrains

aacn_box-logoTech­no­log­i­cal break­throughs are cre­at­ing enor­mous poten­tial for the future of neu­ropsy­chol­o­gy and trig­ger­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties to cre­ate nov­el strate­gies for both assess­ment and inter­ven­tion. Cog­ni­tive fit­ness is grow­ing into a mul­ti-bil­lion dol­lar indus­try. Tar­gets have shift­ed from diag­no­sis and treat­ment of estab­lished dis­eases to ear­ly inter­ven­tion, pre­ven­tion, and cog­ni­tive enhance­ment. Ubiq­ui­tous mobile devices enable both active and pas­sive sens­ing of our cog­ni­tive and emo­tion­al states, and “the Inter­net of things” promis­es to [Read more…] about The Amer­i­can Acad­e­my of Clin­i­cal Neu­ropsy­chol­o­gy (AACN) launch­es Dis­rup­tive Tech­nol­o­gy Ini­tia­tive to shape the future of Neuropsychology

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: clinical neuropsychology, cognitive, cognitive-enhancement, cognitive-fitness, Cognitive-functions, disruptive technologies, emotional, Neuropsychology

New funding program announced to promote brain health innovation and collaboration

October 26, 2016 by SharpBrains

logo_cc-abhiCC-ABHI’s Indus­try Inno­va­tion Part­ner­ship Pro­gram helps com­pa­nies bring their inno­v­a­tive prod­ucts or ser­vices to mar­ket faster (press release):

“CC-ABHI is pleased to announce the launch of its Indus­try Inno­va­tion Part­ner­ship Pro­gram (I2P2). This new ini­tia­tive is designed to enable suc­cess­ful appli­cant com­pa­nies world­wide, to work with an eli­gi­ble seniors’ care orga­ni­za­tion tri­al part­ner to test and val­i­date [Read more…] about New fund­ing pro­gram announced to pro­mote brain health inno­va­tion and collaboration

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: aging, Aging-in-Place, Brain-health, CC-ABHI, cognitive-fitness, falls prevention, innovation

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