On Awe, Wonder, Biofeedback, CBSM, Virtual Reality, Privacy, Being Wrong, and more

By SharpBrains | March 31, 2021

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter, this time fea­tur­ing eleven time­ly resources and research find­ings for life­long brain health and men­tal well-being. #1. “Awe is the feel­ing we expe­ri­ence when encoun­ter­ing vast things that we don’t under­stand. Around the world and in cul­tur­al­ly vary­ing ways, stud­ies show, we expe­ri­ence awe in response to…

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Consumer Reports finds unclear, questionable privacy practices and policies among popular mental health apps

By SharpBrains | March 4, 2021

Men­tal Health Apps Aren’t All As Pri­vate As You May Think (Con­sumer Reports): Type “men­tal health” or a con­di­tion such as anx­i­ety or depres­sion into an app store search bar, and you can end up scrolling through end­less screens of options. As a recent Con­sumer Reports inves­ti­ga­tion has found, these apps take wide­ly var­ied approaches…

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Update: Learning about Learning/ more on Brain Age

By Alvaro Fernandez | February 1, 2009

Here you have the Jan­u­ary edi­tion of our month­ly newslet­ter cov­er­ing cog­ni­tive health and brain fit­ness top­ics. Please remem­ber that you can sub­scribe to receive this Newslet­ter by email, sim­ply by sub­mit­ting your email at the top of this page. Bird’s Eye View  Brain fit­ness heads towards its tip­ping point: How do you know when some­thing is…

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Ten Reflections on Cognitive Health and Assessments

By Alvaro Fernandez | January 28, 2009

Let me sum­ma­rize ten high­lights and reflec­tions from stim­u­lat­ing dis­cus­sions on cog­ni­tive health and assess­ments I have had this month so far. Jan­u­ary 8–9th: Sym­po­sium on Co-Adap­­tive Learn­ing: Adap­tive Tech­nol­o­gy for the Aging (details Here), orga­nized by the Ari­zona State Uni­ver­si­ty’s Cen­ter for Adap­tive Neur­al Sys­tems: 1. Cog­ni­tive health is a crit­i­cal fac­tor in over­all healthcare,…

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Upcoming Health & Brain Fitness events

By Alvaro Fernandez | January 15, 2009 |

Here are some upcom­ing events I will par­tic­i­pate in — feel free to leave a com­ment below or con­tact us if you will be attend­ing too and want to say Hel­lo. I real­ly enjoy meet­ing Sharp­Brains read­ers! » Jan­u­ary 22nd, Con­sumer Reports’ Blog­ger Health Sum­mit, NYC. » March 5th, New York Acad­e­my of Med­i­cine, NYC. I…

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