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With pharma exiting Alzheimer’s research, new hope (and urgency) seen in the combination of brain training and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)

January 22, 2018 by SharpBrains

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What does the future hold for the war on Alzheimer’s? (The Globe and Mail):

“After spend­ing huge sums on clin­i­cal trails in recent years, the phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal indus­try has failed to find a drug that can halt the mind-rob­bing dis­ease. And this month, Pfiz­er announced it is end­ing its Alzheimer’s research, although oth­er com­pa­nies haven’t thrown in the tow­el yet. But oth­er pre­ven­tion mea­sures are being explored.

Sev­er­al Toron­to hos­pi­tals are involved in an ambi­tious $10-mil­lion, five-year study to deter­mine whether a com­bi­na­tion of cog­ni­tive reme­di­a­tion – men­tal exer­cis­es – plus elec­tri­cal stim­u­la­tion of the brain can delay [Read more…] about With phar­ma exit­ing Alzheimer’s research, new hope (and urgency) seen in the com­bi­na­tion of brain train­ing and tran­scra­nial direct cur­rent stim­u­la­tion (tDCS)

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Alzheimers, brain, Brain-Fitness, Brain-Training, brain-training-exercises, cognitive remediation, cognitive-reserve, dementia, electrical stimulation, mental-exercises, Pfizer, pharmaceutical, prefrontal-cortex, psychiatry, tDCS, Toronto, Transcranial-direct-current-stimulation

Explore the latest in cognitive remediation and addressing learning disabilities

January 11, 2017 by SharpBrains

Expo Day: Hap­py Neu­ron and Arrow­smith Pro­gram from Sharp­Brains

Dur­ing Expo Day select­ed Sum­mit Part­ners and Spon­sors show­cased their lat­est ini­tia­tives and solutions.

  • Franck Tarpin-Bernard, Man­ag­ing Direc­tor of Sci­en­tif­ic Brain Train­ing (SBT), dis­cussed new part­ner­ships fol­low­ing their ISO 13485 cer­ti­fi­ca­tion for med­ical devices — cog­ni­tive remediation.
  • Jes­si­ca Poulin, Strate­gic Oper­a­tions Man­ag­er at the Arrow­smith Pro­gram, pre­sent­ed plans to bet­ter equip 100+ schools help­ing stu­dents with spe­cial needs.

These pre­sen­ta­tions took place at the 2016 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit: Rein­vent­ing Brain Health in the Dig­i­tal Age (Decem­ber 6–8th, 2016).

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: Arrowsmith Program, cognitive remediation, learning disabilities, medical devices, scientific-brain-training, special-needs

Update: 20 Must-Know Facts to Harness Neuroplasticity and Improve Brain Health

June 30, 2016 by SharpBrains

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Time for a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter,  pro­vid­ing a win­dow into the ongo­ing brain health and neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty revolutions–plus some fun brain teasers. Hap­py read­ing and, for those of you in the USA, Hap­py Fourth of July, and for those of you in Cana­da, Hap­py Cana­da Day!

New research:

  • 20 Must-Know Facts to Har­ness Neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty and Improve Brain Health
  • Please par­tic­i­pate in this Brain Health sur­vey (should take no more than 5 min­utes, and will help us to bet­ter under­stand and address your inter­ests and needs)
  • Which is the only com­mon leisure activ­i­ty that has been asso­ci­at­ed with reduced cog­ni­tive function?
  • Next phase in the brain health rev­o­lu­tion: Objec­tive, phys­i­o­log­i­cal, and wide­spread mea­sures of brain function
  • Wis­dom requires both high­er heart rate vari­abil­i­ty and adopt­ing a third-per­son perspective

New tools:

  • Mer­ck and HAP­PYneu­ron part­ner to include cog­ni­tive reme­di­a­tion pro­gram in Mul­ti­ple Scle­ro­sis e‑Health Solution
  • Too ear­ly? Brain stim­u­la­tion device Thync fails to get trac­tion in the minds of consumers
  • Nike launch­es men­tal train­ing app to help soc­cer play­ers win the men­tal game
  • Sport-spe­cif­ic brain train­ing pro­grams gain adop­tion in bas­ket­ball, ice hock­ey and soccer

New thinking:

  • Three neu­ro­sci­en­tists win $1 mil­lion Kavli Prize for dis­cov­er­ing brain’s plasticity
  • Dr. Michael Merzenich: To har­ness Neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty for cog­ni­tive enhance­ment, we need to think “Fit­ness” more than “Games”
  • Save the Date: Rein­vent­ing Brain Health at 2016 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit (Decem­ber 6–8, 2016) (10%-off dis­count code: sharp2016)
  • 5 ideas to help knowl­edge work­ers increase life­long learn­ing and productivity

Finally, some brain teasers:

  • 3 fun brain teasers for adults to chal­lenge your cog­ni­tive skills

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: brain, brain e-newsletter, brain health enewsletter, Brain Teasers, Brain-health, brain-stimulation, Brain-Training, cognitive remediation, cognitive-enhancement, cognitive-function, cognitive-skills, happyneuron, heart-rate-variability, Merck, neuroplasticity, Nike+, sports, wisdom

Merck and HAPPYneuron partner to include cognitive remediation program in Multiple Sclerosis e‑Health Solution

June 13, 2016 by SharpBrains

MS_Mood-CognitionMer­ck KGaA In Deal With HAP­PYneu­ron To Offer E‑Health Solu­tion For MS Patients (Nas­daq):

“Ger­man drug mak­er Mer­ck KGaA (MKGAY.PK) announced Mon­day that it has entered into an agree­ment with HAP­PYneu­ron, a sub­sidiary of SBT Group of France, in which Mer­ck will receive an exclu­sive license to the com­pa­ny’s cog­ni­tive reme­di­a­tion train­ing pro­gram for peo­ple liv­ing with mul­ti­ple scle­ro­sis [Read more…] about Mer­ck and HAP­PYneu­ron part­ner to include cog­ni­tive reme­di­a­tion pro­gram in Mul­ti­ple Scle­ro­sis e‑Health Solution

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Bayer, Bayer HealthCare, Brain-Training, cognifit, cognitive, cognitive game, cognitive remediation, cognitive-skills, e-Health, happyneuron, interferon, license, Merck, Msdialog, multiple-sclerosis, Rebif, SBT Group

Next: Scalable, medication-free relief of cognitive symptoms related to Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

April 29, 2016 by SharpBrains

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At-Home Cog­ni­tive Reme­di­a­tion May Pro­vide Med­ica­tion-Free Symp­tom Relief for Neu­ropsy­cho­log­i­cal Issues Asso­ci­at­ed with Mul­ti­ple Scle­ro­sis (press release):

“Cog­ni­tive impair­ment is one of the core symp­toms of mul­ti­ple scle­ro­sis (MS)—and one of its most trou­bling con­cerns for many peo­ple with the con­di­tion. Now, a new study from NYU Lan­gone Med­ical Cen­ter may pro­vide hope for symp­to­matic relief for [Read more…] about Next: Scal­able, med­ica­tion-free relief of cog­ni­tive symp­toms relat­ed to Mul­ti­ple Scle­ro­sis (MS)

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Brain-Training, brain-training-program, cognitive remediation, cognitive test, cognitive test scores, cognitive-benefits, cognitive-functioning, Cognitive-impairment, Cognitive-Training, medication, medication-free, multiple-sclerosis, neurological disease, symptom relief

Research series: How, when and why does targeted cognitive training work to promote behavioral and emotional health?

February 2, 2015 by SharpBrains

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Explor­ing Tar­get­ed Cog­ni­tive Train­ing for Clin­i­cal Dis­or­ders (Asso­ci­a­tion for Psy­cho­log­i­cal Science):

“Research on the treat­ment of men­tal dis­or­ders often cen­ters on under­stand­ing which treat­ments work. But know­ing that a treat­ment is effec­tive doesn’t nec­es­sar­i­ly tell us why the treat­ment works. A bet­ter under­stand­ing of the pre­cise mech­a­nisms that [Read more…] about Research series: How, when and why does tar­get­ed cog­ni­tive train­ing work to pro­mote behav­ioral and emo­tion­al health?

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health Tagged With: Clinical Psychological Science, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Bias Modification, cognitive remediation, cognitive-psychology, Cognitive-Training, depression, Interventions, memory, mental-disorders, Methodology, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Stress, targeted cognitive training

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