Photobiomodulation: A new and promising way to enhance brain function

By Dr. Lew Lim | December 4, 2017

___ As is increas­ing­ly evi­dent, there are mul­ti­ple meth­ods aimed at enhanc­ing brain func­tion. Brain train­ing and mind­ful­ness prac­tices are com­mon­ly used. Sub­­s­tance-based meth­ods are pop­u­lar too, includ­ing hal­lu­cino­gens in the form of plant extracts, and drugs. Same as tran­scra­nial direct cur­rent stim­u­la­tion (tDCS) and tran­scra­nial mag­net­ic stim­u­la­tion (TMS): All of these are promis­ing but…

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Brain stimulation using magnetic fields: Key Neurotech Patent #12

By SharpBrains | February 14, 2017
Magnetic-field-stimulation

Today we are dis­cussing a 2003 patent, assigned to McLean Hos­pi­tal, pio­neer­ing brain stim­u­la­tion tech­niques. U.S. Patent No. 6,572,528: Mag­net­ic field stim­u­la­tion tech­niques Assignee(s): McLean Hos­pi­tal Inventor(s): Michael L. Rohan, Aimee Par­row, Per­ry F. Ren­shaw Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: Hybrid Issue Date: June 3, 2003 Sharp­Brains’ Take: The ‘528 patent dis­clos­es mag­net­ic stim­u­la­tion tech­niques for enhanc­ing brain function…

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Reinventing brain health via new ways to assess and enhance brain function across the lifespan

By SharpBrains | August 16, 2016

———- Dur­ing this 2014 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit ses­sion, we explored new ways to assess and enhance brain func­tion via mobile devices and wear­ables, led by Corin­na E. Lath­an, Founder and CEO of Anthro­Tron­ix, Eddie Mar­tucci, VP Research & Devel­op­ment at Akili Inter­ac­tive Labs, Alex Doman, Co-Founder of Sleep Genius, Joan Sev­er­son, Pres­i­dent of Dig­i­tal Arte­facts, and Kei­th Epstein, Senior Strate­gic Advi­sor at AARP. –>…

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Top 10 SharpBrains Resources in 2015 to Navigate the Brain Health Revolution

By SharpBrains | January 20, 2016

These are the 10 most pop­u­lar Sharp­Brains resources in 2015, span­ning a wide range of brain, health & neu­rotech­nol­o­gy top­ics and avail­able in mul­ti­ple plat­forms: 1. Best prac­tices to assess and enhance brain func­tion via mobile devices and wear­ables (Slid­edeck) 2. Brain Health in the Per­va­sive Neu­rotech­nol­ogy Era (Slid­edeck) 3. Sharp­Brains @ New York Pub­lic Library: Prac­ti­cal Advice to Keep Your Brain…

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Best practices to assess and enhance brain function via mobile devices and wearables

By SharpBrains | December 2, 2014

Best prac­tices to assess and enhance brain func­tion via mobile devices and wear­ables from Sharp­Brains Enjoy this great ses­sion held at the 2014 Sharp­Brains Vir­tual Sum­mit, fea­tur­ing: Corin­na E. Lath­an, Founder and CEO of Anthro­Tron­ix Eddie Mar­tucci, VP Research & Devel­op­ment at Akili Inter­ac­tive Labs Alex Doman, Co-Founder of Sleep Genius Joan Sev­er­son, Pres­i­dent of Dig­i­tal Artefacts…

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To reduce ADHD epidemic, promote (concussion-free) sports and physical activity programs?

By SharpBrains | September 29, 2014

Exer­cise Is ADHD Med­ica­tion (The Atlantic): “This morn­ing the med­ical jour­nal Pedi­atrics pub­lished research that found kids who took part in a reg­u­lar phys­i­cal activ­i­ty pro­gram showed impor­tant enhance­ment of cog­ni­tive per­for­mance and brain func­tion. The findings…“demonstrate a causal effect of a phys­i­cal pro­gram on exec­u­tive con­trol, and pro­vide sup­port for phys­i­cal activ­i­ty for improving…

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