Gaming and Neuroscience: Opportunities and Challenges

By Aki Nikolaidis | October 4, 2011

A cou­ple weeks ago I attend­ed the Enter­tain­ment Soft­ware and Cog­ni­tive Neu­rother­a­peu­tics Con­fer­ence, ESCoNS, at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Cal­i­for­nia San Fran­cis­co. The speak­ers’ talks were insight­ful, sur­pris­ing, and inspir­ing in many regards. The pur­pose of this meet­ing was to bring togeth­er great minds in a vari­ety of fields from neu­ro­science to game design and to…

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Upcoming Talks on Applied Neuroscience, Brain Fitness and Adaptive Organizations

By Alvaro Fernandez | September 9, 2011

A quick FYI — I will be speak­ing at the fol­low­ing events. Please do come and say Hel­lo if you get the chance! > Sep­tem­ber 19–20th, San Fran­cisco, CA: Trans­lat­ing Neu­ro­science Into Mar­ketable Ther­a­peu­tic Inter­ven­tions, at the Enter­tain­ment Soft­ware and Cog­ni­tive Neu­rother­a­peu­tics Soci­ety (ESCoNS). Details Here. > Sep­tem­ber 23rd, Los Gatos, CA: The Sharp­Brains Guide to Brain Fit­ness, at…

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