Mindstrong Health identifies digital biomarkers of cognitive function using smartphone data

By SharpBrains | April 13, 2018

___ mHealth Research on Men­tal Health Taps Into One’s Tap­ping Habits (mHealth Intel­li­gence): “Health­care providers look­ing to use mHealth in behav­ioral health treat­ment have long strug­gled to make the tech­nol­o­gy unob­tru­sive. But recent research sug­gests that remote mon­i­tor­ing of peo­ple with men­tal health issues could be done by ana­lyz­ing their smart­phone habits. A recent report…

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How can we harness digital technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) to scale up brain research, assessments and interventions?

By SharpBrains | December 26, 2017

How can we har­ness dig­i­tal tech­nolo­gies and arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence (AI) to scale up brain research, assess­ments and inter­ven­tions?  (record­ing requires reg­is­tra­tion; view slid­edeck above or Here) Dr. Oliv­er Har­ri­son. Chief Exec­u­tive of the Health Moon­shot at Tele­fóni­ca Inno­va­tion Nan­cy Briefs, Pres­i­dent and CEO of Dig­i­tal Cog­ni­tion Tech­nolo­gies  Emma Yang, 9th grad­er, Cre­ator of Time­less app and MIT Solver Belén Guer­ra-Car­ril­­lo, NSF Fel­low and graduate…

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Final 48 Hours to Register @ 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit: Brain Enhancement in the Digital Age at Super Saver Rates

By SharpBrains | July 31, 2017

Heads-up: The 2017 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit (Decem­ber 5–7th, 2017) will fea­ture over thir­ty of the world’s top experts and inno­va­tors work­ing on ways to enhance our brain health and per­for­mance in light of emerg­ing neu­ro­science and dig­i­tal tech­nolo­gies.  Addi­tion­al­ly, and for the first time, it will host a Brain­no­va­tions Pitch Con­test to fos­ter col­lab­o­ra­tive problem-solving…

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May e‑newsletter: MIT Solve launches Brain Health Challenge, asking “How can every person improve their brain health and mental resilience?”

By SharpBrains | May 25, 2017

—– Time for Sharp­Brains’ May e‑newsletter, high­light­ing what’s new in brain health and men­tal per­for­mance, and fea­tur­ing a very rel­e­vant MIT ini­tia­tive and a thought-pro­­vok­ing study on the “Cog­ni­tive Divide.” New think­ing MIT Solve launch­es Brain Health Chal­lenge: How can every per­son improve their brain health and men­tal resilience? Men­tal Health Inno­va­tion and Dr. Tom Insel:…

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Why “Untrained Brains Are A Bit Like Puppies,” And How To Put Together the Building Blocks of a Smarter, Happier Mind

By Amy Blankson | April 26, 2017

— As a child, I was con­vinced that my dad just went to work to play. My father was a neu­ro­sci­en­tist at Bay­lor Uni­ver­si­ty, and his office was full of bright­ly col­ored blocks to test intel­li­gence, books by MC Esch­er to study per­cep­tion, and even a sound­proof room cov­ered in blue foam that I thought was…

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