Posts Tagged ‘dana-foundation’
Brain Awareness Week Starts Today
Got a Brain? If so, please join us in celebrating Brain Awareness Week (March 14–20th), the annual global campaign organized by the Dana Foundation to increase public awareness about the progress and benefits of brain research. Want to learn about activities in your area? Please visit BAW’s International Calendar of events. Want to discuss professional implications…
Read MorePreparing Society for the Cognitive Age (Frontiers in Neuroscience article)
(Editor’s note: this article belongs to the excellent May 2009 special issue on Augmenting Cognition at scientific journal Frontiers in Neuroscience. The article, an industry overview, is reproduced here with authorization by the Frontiers Research Foundation) Preparing Society for the Cognitive Age By Alvaro Fernandez Groundbreaking cognitive neuroscience research has occurred over the last 20 years — without…
Read MoreUpdate: Is Grey the New Gold?
Here you have the June edition of our monthly newsletter covering cognitive health and brain fitness topics. Please remember that you can subscribe to receive this Newsletter by email, using the box at the top of this page. The full schedule of the SharpBrains’ powered Cognitive Health Track at the Games for Health Conference, June 11–12th…
Read MoreBrain Scientists Identify Links between Arts, Learning
Arts education influences learning and other areas of cognition and may deserve a more prominent place in schools, according to a wave of recent neuroscience research.One recent study found that children who receive music instruction for just 15 months show strengthened connections in musically relevant brain areas and perform better on associated tasks, compared with…
Read MoreArts and Smarts: Test Scores and Cognitive Development
This is an interesting article from Greater Good Magazine, which talks about how test scores activates cognitive development.
Read MoreBrain News: Lifelong Learning for Cognitive Health
Here you have the March edition of our monthly newsletter covering cognitive health and brain fitness topics. Please remember that you can subscribe to receive this Newsletter by email, using the box at the top of this page. I know I am biased — but do believe this Newsletter issue might well be our best…
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