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

By SharpBrains | April 4, 2017
cognitive training

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):…

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Non-invasive brain stimulation in children creates opportunities and risks

By SharpBrains | September 23, 2015

Brain 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…

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

By SharpBrains | August 18, 2015

. 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…

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

By SharpBrains | May 29, 2015

. 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…

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

By SharpBrains | November 26, 2014

— 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…

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Physical exercise as ADHD treatment: Necessary but not sufficient

By Dr. David Rabiner | June 5, 2014

— 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 

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