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Learn More and Save the Date for the 2018 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (December 4–6th)

May 28, 2018 by SharpBrains

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Imag­ine a videogame cleared by the FDA to treat ADHD, depres­sion, or sub­stance abuse — how will doc­tors pre­scribe it, patients access it, and insur­ers pay for it?

Imag­ine a free “annu­al brain check-up” — what may it look like, and how can it lead into per­son­al­ized inter­ven­tions to improve func­tion and prevent/ delay/ treat cog­ni­tive decline and Alzheimer’s Disease?

Imag­ine being respon­si­ble for the health & well­ness of a mil­lion peo­ple — how will you edu­cate them to nav­i­gate most-like­ly-to-help inter­ven­tions, such as breathing/ exercise/ meditation/ apps/ biofeedback/ tDCS to reg­u­late stress?

Imag­ine invest­ing $100 mil­lion in star­tups devel­op­ing non­in­va­sive, dig­i­tal neu­rotech­nolo­gies — where, and how, will you find great oppor­tu­ni­ties to gen­er­ate finan­cial and social returns? 


The 2018 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit (Decem­ber 4–6th, 2018)  will fea­ture over forty of the world’s top experts, inno­va­tors and investors aim­ing to improve brain health and per­for­mance for all in light of grow­ing neu­ro­science and dig­i­tal tech.

Learn More and Reserve your Spot HERE

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: adhd, Alzheimers-disease, biofeedback, brain check-up, cognitive-decline, depression, digital, neurotechnologies, Neurotechnology, noninvasive, substance-abuse, tDCS

Mindstrong Health identifies digital biomarkers of cognitive function using smartphone data

April 13, 2018 by SharpBrains

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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 in the jour­nal NPJ Dig­i­tal Med­i­cine sug­gests that a smart­phone app that col­lects user activ­i­ty in the back­ground can help tele­men­tal health­care providers mea­sure that user’s dai­ly habits and detect when those habits devi­ate. By com­bin­ing [Read more…] about Mind­strong Health iden­ti­fies dig­i­tal bio­mark­ers of cog­ni­tive func­tion using smart­phone data

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: assess cognitive function, Behavioral Health, cognitive-function, digital, digital biomarkers, healthcare, mental healthcare, mHealth, Mindstrong Health, neuropsychological, neuropsychological assessment, passive monitoring, smartphone, smartphone use

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

December 26, 2017 by SharpBrains

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 stu­dent researcher at Uni­ver­si­ty of Cal­i­fo­nia, Berkeley
  • Chaired by: Kayt Sukel, sci­ence writer

Slid­edeck above sup­port­ed ses­sion held dur­ing the 2017 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit: Brain Health & Enhance­ment in the Dig­i­tal Age (Decem­ber 5–7th). All ses­sion record­ings avail­able for pur­chase (50+ Speak­ers, 15+ Hours, $150).

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: AI, artificial intelligence, assessments, Berkeley, brain-research, digital, Digital Cognition Technologies, digital health, Health Moonshot, innovation, Interventions, MIT Solver, Telefónica, Telefónica Innovation, Timeless

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

July 31, 2017 by SharpBrains

– Brain­no­va­tions Judg­ing Panel

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 between sci­en­tists, prac­ti­tion­ers, tech­nol­o­gists and entre­pre­neurs. Ear­ly-stage star­tups will sub­mit their ele­va­tor pitch and 1–2 page busi­ness plan, and up to 16 select­ed Final­ists will get to pitch their idea to the Judges and to all Sum­mit par­tic­i­pants in one of four cat­e­gories: Health­care, Work­place, Edu­ca­tion, and Qual­i­ty of Life.

–> Learn More & Reg­is­ter HERE. Super Saver dis­count­ed rates end on Tues­day, August 1st.

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: brain-enhancement, Brainnovations, digital, digital age, neuroscience, Pitch Contest

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

May 25, 2017 by SharpBrains

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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: from the NIMH to Google/ Ver­i­ly Life Sci­ences to Start­up Mindstrong
  • Five rea­sons the future of brain enhance­ment is dig­i­tal, per­va­sive and (hope­ful­ly) bright (relat­ed slides here)
  • Eight research teams work­ing with DARPA to dis­cov­er best ways to acti­vate neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty and accel­er­ate learning
  • Researchers pro­pose four “neu­ror­ights” to har­ness neu­rotech­nol­o­gy for good: cog­ni­tive lib­er­ty, men­tal pri­va­cy, men­tal integri­ty, and psy­cho­log­i­cal continuity

 

New research

  • Is moder­ni­ty lead­ing to a grow­ing Cog­ni­tive Divide?
  • Phys­i­cal­ly-active video games (‘exergames’) boost cog­ni­tion more than phys­i­cal activ­i­ty alone
  • Com­mon med­ica­tion treat­ments for PTSD can increase the risk of devel­op­ing dementia
  • Study iden­ti­fies brain cir­cuits enabling four-year-olds to “put them­selves in oth­er people’s shoes”

 

New tools

  • Want a music sys­tem that lifts you up when you’re feel­ing down? Meet this audio head­set with bio-sig­nal sen­sors (Neu­roSky patent)
  • Eval­u­at­ing neur­al respons­es via EEG brain data in vir­tu­al real­i­ty envi­ron­ments (Nielsen patent)
  • Con­nect­ing car­di­o­log­i­cal and neu­ro­log­i­cal health (Medtron­ic patent)
  • Start-up Aira rais­es $12M, show­ing the way for cog­ni­tive sci­ence and arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence (AI) to improve the lives of blind and low vision individuals

 

Have a great month of June and, for those based in the US, a great Memo­r­i­al Day weekend,

 

The Sharp­Brains Team

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning, SharpBrains Monthly eNewsletter, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Aira, artificial intelligence, Brain Health Challenge, brain-enhancement, Brain-health, cognitive-performance, DARPA, digital, Jazz Ventures, Learning, Medtronic, mental resilience, mental-performance, Mindstrong, MIT, MIT Solve, neuroplasticity, neurorights, NeuroSky, Nielsen, NIMH, Tom Insel

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

April 26, 2017 by Amy Blankson

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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 for gym­nas­tics [Read more…] about Why “Untrained Brains Are A Bit Like Pup­pies,” And How To Put Togeth­er the Build­ing Blocks of a Smarter, Hap­pi­er Mind

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Filed Under: Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: behavior, Brain-Training, digital, growth-mindset, happiness, mind, neural plasticity, Positive-Psychology, train-your-brain

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