Welcome to the Ultimate Neuroscience Lab: Your Smartphone

By SharpBrains | September 30, 2021

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing this time six sci­en­tif­ic reports and indus­try resources plus a fun illu­sion. #1. Top 10 Men­tal Health Inno­va­tions to Watch: Spe­cial SciAm/ WEF report Hop­ing you enjoy the great series over at Sci­en­tif­ic Amer­i­can and espe­cial­ly #7, titled Wel­come to the Ulti­mate Neu­ro­science Lab: Your Smartphone,…

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Five thoughts to think about when thinking about the speed of thought

By The Conversation | September 21, 2021

As inquis­i­tive beings, we are con­stant­ly ques­tion­ing and quan­ti­fy­ing the speed of var­i­ous things. With a fair degree of accu­ra­cy, sci­en­tists have quan­ti­fied the speed of light, the speed of sound, the speed at which the earth revolves around the sun, the speed at which hum­ming­birds beat their wings, the aver­age speed of con­ti­nen­tal drift…. These…

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Study finds ADHD is associated with dementia

By SharpBrains | September 16, 2021

Multi­gen­er­a­tional Study Finds Links Between ADHD, Demen­tia Risk (Health Day): Atten­­tion-deficit/hy­per­ac­­tiv­i­­ty dis­or­der (ADHD) appears to be some­how linked to risk of demen­tia and Alzheimer’s dis­ease, a new multi­gen­er­a­tional study has found. Par­ents and grand­par­ents of peo­ple with ADHD have a high­er risk of Alzheimer’s and demen­tia than peo­ple with no ADHD in their fam­i­ly, Swedish researchers…

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Study: Fewer than 1% of geriatric patients with cognitive complaints met Aduhelm research trial criteria. What can we expect about its real-world safety?

By SharpBrains | September 7, 2021

Bio­gen’s Aduhelm label far exceeds clin­i­cal tri­al pop­u­la­tion, study says. That could bring real-world sur­pris­es (Fierce Phar­ma): While the chat­ter sur­round­ing Biogen’s con­tro­ver­sial Alzheimer’s med Aduhelm has large­ly been cen­tered on a piv­otal Medicare reim­burse­ment deci­sion as of late, ana­lysts are point­ing to one new study that sug­gests there may be “room for sur­pris­es” when…

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On cognitive reframing and biases, stress, mental health tech, Aduhelm backlash, Britney Spears, and more

By SharpBrains | August 31, 2021

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing this time nine sci­en­tif­ic reports and indus­try devel­op­ments to help pro­mote life­long brain and men­tal health. #1. To low­er stress lev­els and improve prob­lem-solv­ing, prac­tice cog­ni­tive refram­ing instead of vent­ing “… vent­ing like­ly doesn’t soothe anger as much as aug­ment it. That’s because encour­ag­ing peo­ple to…

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Study examines common cognitive biases (have you tried this brain teaser?) and ways to mitigate them

By SharpBrains | August 30, 2021

A fas­ci­nat­ing new study, Tver­sky and Kahneman’s Cog­ni­tive Illu­sions: Who Can Solve Them, and Why?, probes into the cog­ni­tive “heuris­tics and bias­es” researched by Daniel Kah­ne­man and Amos Tver­sky since the late 1960s. If you have nev­er encoun­tered the “Lin­da brain teas­er” before, please give it a try: Lin­da is 31 years old, sin­gle, out­spo­ken, and very…

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