Lessons from Covid-19: Could a New Normal lead to better brains, bodies and societies?

By Alvaro Fernandez | April 29, 2020

__ In the age of Covid-19, what is the new nor­mal? How many of us have been expe­ri­enc­ing the heady cock­tail of con­fu­sion, anx­i­ety, and even some sur­pris­ing moments of respite from our recent-past busy rise-and-grind, hus­tle cul­ture rou­tines? Our social media feeds are filled with urgent and often con­flict­ing imper­a­tives to change our routines…

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How to address privacy, ethical and regulatory issues: Examples in cognitive enhancement, depression and ADHD

By SharpBrains | July 23, 2019

? How to address pri­va­cy, eth­i­cal and reg­u­la­to­ry issues: Exam­ples in cog­ni­tive enhance­ment, depres­sion and ADHD from Sharp­Brains We hope you enjoy this slid­edeck sup­port­ing a great ses­sion at the 2019 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit: The Future of Brain Health (March 7–9th).  Full record­ings are avail­able for pur­chase here. 1–2.30pm. How to address pri­va­cy, eth­i­cal and reg­u­la­to­ry issues: Examples…

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Closing the Circuit: Helen Mayberg’s research could revolutionize depression treatment

By Greater Good Science Center | February 7, 2008 |

At some point in their lives, 5 to 12 per­cent of Amer­i­can men and 10–25 per­cent of women will suf­fer an episode of depres­sion, mak­ing it the most com­mon­ly diag­nosed men­tal dis­or­der today. Unlike nor­mal sad­ness, which pass­es with time, depres­sion feels unstop­pable and caus­es peo­ple to lose inter­est in near­ly all activ­i­ties. Because it…

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emWave in Golf Digest

By Alvaro Fernandez | April 12, 2007 |

We often talk about how stress man­age­ment is as impor­tant as cog­ni­tive train­ing for brain fit­ness. We have also seen how traders can improve their per­for­mance by learn­ing how to man­age emo­tions of anx­i­ety and fus­tra­tion. Golf Digest has just pub­lished an arti­cle on how golfers can see their game improved thanks to stress management…

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