Final 6 hours to join online course How to Navigate Conventional and Complementary ADHD Treatments for Healthy Brain Development

. Heads-up: Reg­is­tra­tion for the upcom­ing online course How to Nav­i­gate Con­ven­tion­al and Com­ple­men­tary ADHD Treat­ments for Healthy Brain Devel­op­ment, fea­tur­ing Duke Uni­ver­si­ty’s Dr. David Rabin­er, ends in less than 48 hours. Click Here to learn more and reg­is­ter. The course starts this Tues­day, May 12th! Course descrip­tion: In order to suc­cess­fully pro­mote children’s healthy brain devel­op­ment, every 

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Announcement: New online course to Navigate Conventional and Complementary ADHD Treatments for Healthy Brain Development

. Dear col­leagues and friends, ?We are pleased to announce an excit­ing col­lab­o­ra­tion between Sharp­Brains and the Atten­tion Research Update to offer a new online course in May 2015, designed to equip par­tic­i­pants with the under­stand­ing and infor­ma­tion required to nav­i­gate and pri­or­i­tize ADHD treatments–both con­ven­tion­al and complementary–to max­i­mize healthy brain devel­op­ment for chil­dren with ADHD.…

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The State of the Brain Fitness Movement: demographic, scientific, and market trends, explained

— That will be the focus of the first ses­sion at the 2014 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit (Octo­ber 28–30th, 2014). We hope you can join us! The State of the Brain Fit­ness Move­ment: demo­graphic, sci­en­tific, and mar­ket trends, explained Alvaro Fer­nan­dez, CEO of Sharp­Brains Dr. Adam Gaz­za­ley, Direc­tor of UCSF Neu­ro­science Imag­ing Cen­ter and Co-founder of Akili Inter­ac­tive Labs Jack Young,…

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Meet these 25+ Summit Speakers at the forefront of Brain, Health and Innovation

We are proud to share the world-class and expand­ing ros­ter of experts and inno­va­tors who will speak at the upcom­ing 2014 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit (Octo­ber 28–30th, 2014). Please check out their spec­tac­u­lar bios, the pre­lim­i­nary agen­da, and con­sid­er join­ing us! As of today, we are count­ing on: Dr. Adam Gaz­za­ley, Direc­tor of the Neu­ro­science Imag­ing Cen­ter at the…

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Perspective: Neurofeedback treatment for ADHD is gaining strong support

Neu­ro­feed­back — also known as EEG Biofeed­back — is an ADHD treat­ment in which indi­vid­u­als learn to alter their typ­i­cal EEG pat­tern to one that is con­sis­tent with a focused, atten­tive state. This is done by col­lect­ing EEG data from indi­vid­u­als as they focus on stim­uli pre­sent­ed on a com­put­er screen. Their abil­i­ty to 

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Update: Invest in Brain Health to Drive Health, Innovation and Prosperity

Time for Sharp­Brains’ July 2012 eNewslet­ter, fea­tur­ing in this occa­sion an in-depth arti­cle on why and how to Invest in Brain Health to Dri­ve Inno­va­tion and Pros­per­i­ty, by Veroni­ka Litin­s­ki. Fea­tured Per­spec­tives: Invest in Brain Health to Dri­ve Inno­va­tion and Pros­per­i­ty, by Veroni­ka Litin­s­ki Under­stand­ing, and Nur­tur­ing, Resilience, by Andrew Zol­li How Do Words, such as Yes and No,…

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