FDA clears MindMaze GO neurorehabilitation platform, easing access to continued outpatient therapy

___ Mind­Maze Con­sol­i­dates First-ever FDA Approval for Inpa­tient and Out­pa­tient Neu­rore­ha­bil­i­ta­tion Ther­a­py (press release): “Mind­Maze, a leader in brain­tech, has today announced that it has obtained FDA clear­ance to launch its portable neu­rore­ha­bil­i­ta­tion prod­uct, Mind­Mo­tion™ GO, in the Unit­ed States. Togeth­er with Mind­Mo­tion PRO (which received FDA clear­ance in 2017), Mind­Mo­tion GO is the next…

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UT Dallas researcher secures $2.7m grant to better monitor and address TBI-related cognitive and functional deficits

Sci­en­tist Gets Grant for Study of Vet­er­ans with Trau­mat­ic Brain Injuries (UT Dal­las release): A researcher from the Cen­ter for Brain­Health at UT Dal­las has been award­ed a $2.7 mil­lion grant from the Depart­ment of Defense (DoD) under the Joint Warfight­er Med­ical Research Pro­gram. The grant, award­ed to Dr. Daniel Kraw­czyk, deputy direc­tor of the…

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Exploring the latest in cognitive rehabilitation and brain health

Expo Day: Mind­Maze, Sharp­Brains, Wat­son Cen­tre for Brain Health from Sharp­Brains Dur­ing Expo Day select­ed Sum­mit Part­ners and Spon­sors show­cased their lat­est ini­tia­tives and solu­tions. Dr. Daniel Perez-Mar­­cos, Senior Sci­en­tist at Mind­Maze, pre­sent­ed the Mind­Mo­tion platform–a series of med­i­cal-grade vir­tu­al real­i­ty solu­tions for neu­rore­ha­bil­i­ta­tion. Alvaro Fer­nan­dez. Sharp­Brains‘ CEO & Edi­­tor-in-Chief dis­cussed The State of Brain…

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Next: Tools to detect and treat “chemo brain” symptoms common in around 35% of breast cancer survivors

UCLA study reveals treat­ment for women with breast can­cer suf­fer­ing cog­ni­tive dif­fi­cul­ties (Health­Canal): “UCLA researchers have devel­oped a pro­gram that could improve the day-to-day lives of women with breast can­cer by address­ing post-treat­­ment cog­ni­tive dif­fi­cul­ties, some­times known as “chemo brain,” which can affect up to 35 per­cent of women after their treatments

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Brain training 2.0: Adding 3D Navigation to Optimize Cognitive Training

As dis­cussed dur­ing my Sharp­Brains Sum­mit talk last week, it is very impor­tant to ensure fideli­ty between brain train­ing tasks and the real-world sce­nar­ios where we expect those sharp­ened cog­ni­tive skills to be put to good use. That’s why, work­ing with a num­ber of researchers in the US and Europe, I’ve been devel­op­ing a new…

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Addressing cognitive deficits due to ADHD or leukemia/ brain tumor treatments

The Sci­ence Behind ‘Brain Train­ing’ (The Atlantic): “Julie Schweitzer, direc­tor of the ADHD Pro­gram at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Cal­i­for­nia in Davis’s MIND Insti­tute, con­duct­ed a ran­dom­ized study of chil­dren diag­nosed with ADHD. When pub­lished in July 2012 in the jour­nal Neu­rother­a­peu­tics, Schweitzer’s study found that children 

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