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Enhancing cognition via brain training with a visual emphasis: Key neurotechnology patent #38

April 4, 2017 by SharpBrains

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– Illus­tra­tive image from U.S. Patent No. 7,773,097

Today we high­light a 2010 patent assigned to Posit Sci­ence Cor­po­ra­tion, the devel­op­er of Brain­HQ brain train­ing sys­tem. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patents, from old­er to new­er by issue date, to get a bet­ter glimpse into emerg­ing trends)

U.S. Patent No. 7,773,097: Visu­al empha­sis for cog­ni­tive train­ing exercises

  • Assignee(s): Posit Sci­ence Corporation
  • Inventor(s): Michael M. Merzenich, Peter B. Delahunt, Joseph L. Hardy, Hen­ry W. Mah­ncke, Don­ald Richard
  • Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: Neu­rocog­ni­tive training
  • Issue Date: August 10, 2010

SharpBrains’ Take:

In a sim­i­lar yet unique approach to the ‘961 patent (anoth­er note­wor­thy non-inva­sive neu­rotech­nol­o­gy patent assigned to Posit Sci­ence), the ‘097 patent dis­clos­es meth­ods for iter­a­tive­ly test­ing and train­ing a user’s abil­i­ty to dis­cern between pre­sent­ed stim­uli. [Read more…] about Enhanc­ing cog­ni­tion via brain train­ing with a visu­al empha­sis: Key neu­rotech­nol­o­gy patent #38

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: brain data, brain training system, Brain-Training, BrainHQ, Cognitive-Training, enhance cognition, neuro-technology, neurocognitive, neurocognitive training, patent, Posit-Science, Posit-Science-Corporation, training, Visual exercise, visual stimuli

Non-invasive brain stimulation in children creates opportunities and risks

September 23, 2015 by SharpBrains

TMSvtDCSBrain Stim­u­la­tion in Chil­dren Spurs Hope—and Con­cern (Sci­en­tif­ic American):

“The idea of using mag­nets or elec­tric cur­rents to treat psy­chi­atric or learn­ing dis­or­ders — or just to enhance cog­ni­tion — has gen­er­at­ed a flur­ry of excite­ment over the past ten years. The tech­nique is thought to work by acti­vat­ing neur­al cir­cuits or by mak­ing it eas­i­er for neu­rons to fire. The research is still in its infan­cy, but at least 10,000 adults have under­gone [Read more…] about Non-inva­sive brain stim­u­la­tion in chil­dren cre­ates oppor­tu­ni­ties and risks

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Filed Under: Technology & Innovation Tagged With: brain-stimulation, children, cognition, enhance cognition, learning-disorders, neural circuits, psychiatric disorders, tDCS, Transcranial-direct-current-stimulation, Transcranial-Magnetic-Stimulation

The billion dollar question: Under what conditions can brain training result in real-world benefits?

August 18, 2015 by SharpBrains

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Does any­one care if “brain games” actu­al­ly work? (For­tune):

“The cog­ni­tive fit­ness mar­ket — loose­ly defined as non-inva­sive neu­rotech­nolo­gies that mon­i­tor or enhance cog­ni­tion — is booming…The “brain game” indus­try is already a bil­lion dol­lar mar­ket, and will reach the $6 bil­lion mark with­in the next five years says Sharp­Brains, a neu­ro-well­ness mar­ket research firm.

But key ques­tions remain: Do these pro­grams live up to the hype? [Read more…] about The bil­lion dol­lar ques­tion: Under what con­di­tions can brain train­ing result in real-world benefits?

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: brain game industry, Brain-Fitness, Brain-Fitness-Center, Brain-games, Brain-Training, cognitive fitness market, cognitive-decline, cognitive-fitness, Cognitive-Training, enhance cognition, market, monitor cognition, neurotechnologies

Update: To improve memory and thinking, try the Mediterranean diet with added olive oil and nuts

May 29, 2015 by SharpBrains

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Time for Sharp­Brains’ May e‑newsletter, wrap­ping up this month’s key brain and mind stud­ies, per­va­sive neu­rotech­nol­ogy news, and brain fit­ness insights.

New research:

  • To improve mem­o­ry and think­ing skills, try the Mediter­ranean diet with added olive oil and nuts
  • Sports-relat­ed con­cus­sions can impact aca­d­e­m­ic per­for­mance, espe­cial­ly in high school
  • Sci­en­tists issue a call to action for TBI patients to ben­e­fit from lat­est neu­ro­science findings
  • When fly­ing to Mars, make sure to mon­i­tor and enhance brain func­tion (radi­a­tion expo­sure can hurt performance)

New tools:

  • Grow­ing demand for prod­ucts to enhance cog­ni­tion and memory
  • Will con­sumer-led tran­scra­nial direct cur­rent stim­u­la­tion rev­o­lu­tion­ize or hurt men­tal health?
  • Can bet­ter cog­ni­tive test­ing plat­forms accel­er­ate pharma’s Alzheimer’s research and devel­op­ment efforts?

New report on innovation & IP:

  • In the news: How non-inva­sive neu­rotech­nol­o­gy will enhance work and life
  • Info­graph­ic on Per­va­sive Neu­rotech­nol­o­gy: A Ground­break­ing Analy­sis of 10,000+ Patent Filings
  • Nielsen: #1 Hold­er of Per­va­sive Neu­rotech Intel­lec­tu­al Property
  • Advanced Neu­ro­mod­u­la­tion Sys­tems (St Jude Med­ical): #2 Hold­er of Per­va­sive Neu­rotech IP
  • Medtron­ic ranked #3 Hold­er of Per­va­sive Neu­rotech IP
  • Microsoft ranked #4 Hold­er of Per­va­sive Neu­rotech IP

 

Have a great month of June!

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Alzheimer’s, brain fit­ness, cognitive-testing, enhance cognition, improve-memory, Mediterranean diet, neu­ro­science stud­ies, neu­rotech­nol­ogy, neu­rotech­nol­ogy news, non-invasive neurotechnology, thinking, Transcranial-direct-current-stimulation

Study: For healthy older adults, social brain training offers the most clear benefits

November 26, 2014 by SharpBrains

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If Home Brain Train­ing Apps Don’t Work, What Does? (Health­line):

“In a study pub­lished online Nov. 18 in PLOS Med­i­cine, Aus­tralian researchers reviewed 52 pre­vi­ous stud­ies that looked at the ben­e­fits of com­put­er­ized brain train­ing soft­ware for 4,885 healthy seniors. While brain train­ing pro­grams like Lumos­i­ty, Cogmed, and Posit Sci­ence promise to help you strength­en your brain, the new study found most­ly small benefits.

The largest impact [Read more…] about Study: For healthy old­er adults, social brain train­ing offers the most clear benefits

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Filed Under: Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: brain training apps, Brain-Training, brain-training-software, cogmed, cognitive-decline, cognitive-performance, Cognitive-Training, computerized brain training, enhance cognition, Lumosity, mental improvement, Posit-Science, social brain training, thinking speed

Physical exercise as ADHD treatment: Necessary but not sufficient

June 5, 2014 by Dr. David Rabiner

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Can exer­cise reduce behav­ior prob­lems and enhance cog­ni­tion in chil­dren with ADHD?

Results from mul­ti­ple stud­ies indi­cate that exer­cise mit­i­gates aging-relat­ed declines in cog­ni­tive func­tion­ing and that it may enhance cog­ni­tive func­tion­ing in old­er adults. Exer­cise has also been shown to be [Read more…] about Phys­i­cal exer­cise as ADHD treat­ment: Nec­es­sary but not sufficient

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Filed Under: Attention & ADD/ADHD Tagged With: alternative ADHD treatments, behavior-problems, Child Behavior Checklist, cognitive-functioning, cognitive-performance, depression, enhance attention, enhance cognition, exercise, medication-treatment, neurocognitive, Physical-Exercise, reduce behavior problems

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