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Latest brain research, tools and teasers to think outside the mental health status quo box

February 26, 2020 by SharpBrains

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Time for a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing a range of  research find­ings, resources, brain teasers and rid­dles to help trans­late emerg­ing neu­ro­science into real-world appli­ca­tions and improve our col­lec­tive brain & men­tal health.

New thinking:

  • Neu­ro­science tips about grat­i­tude, aging, pain and the brain: An inter­view with Dr. Daniel Levitin
  • What’s nor­mal? When it comes to the brain, it’s hard to say, and that’s why we need to study glob­al neurodiversity
  • Will self-dri­ving vehi­cles lead to a surge of brain training?
  • How to remem­ber what you read: Eight tips to improve read­ing speed and cog­ni­tive ability

New research:

  • To boost your men­tal well-being, sim­ply recall, right now, an act of kindness
  • Machine-learn­ing study finds EEG brain sig­na­tures that pre­dict response to anti­de­pres­sant treatments
  • Study finds com­bined phar­ma + non-phar­ma treat­ment most ben­e­fi­cial to help youth with ADHD address long-term aca­d­e­m­ic difficulties
  • Ambi­tious Inter­na­tion­al Brain Ini­tia­tive (IBI) launched to advance glob­al neu­ro­science research

New tools:

  • Large study finds pos­i­tive yet mixed results from Akili’s dig­i­tal ther­a­peu­tic for kids with ADHD
  • U.S. Army devel­ops nov­el way to ana­lyze brain imag­ing data and shape emerg­ing non-inva­sive neurotechnology
  • Med­i­ta­tion app Head­space rais­es $93 mil­lion to accel­er­ate clin­i­cal val­i­da­tion and geo­graph­ic expansion
  • Dig­i­tal men­tal health tak­ing off in Europe

Fun brain teasers:

  • Train your brain to think out­side the box with these fun riddles
  • Three illu­sions to test your per­cep­tu­al and cog­ni­tive skills
  • Math brain teas­er: Will you fin­ish your the­sis on time?

 

Have a great month of March,

 

The Sharp­Brains Team

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Filed Under: Brain Teasers, Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: adhd, aging, Akili, brain, brain health, brain signatures, Brain Teasers, brain training, brain-research, cognitive-ability, digital therapeutic, europe, Headspace, mental health, mental health status quo, mental well being, neurodiversity, neuroscience, Neurotechnology, non-invasive, non-invasive neurotechnology, riddles, status quo

New $3m European-Israeli collaboration to build brain training system and enhance football (soccer) players’ game intelligence

September 10, 2015 by SharpBrains

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The ini­tial pilot, fund­ed under the EU Hori­zon 2020 frame­work and to be com­plet­ed by 2017, will start with lead­ing Euro­pean soc­cer acad­e­mies includ­ing Ajax Ams­ter­dam, PSV Eind­hoven, AZ Alk­maar and FC Freiburg, in col­lab­o­ra­tion with the Sports Uni­ver­si­ty in Cologne, Ger­many. [Read more…] about New $3m Euro­pean-Israeli col­lab­o­ra­tion to build brain train­ing sys­tem and enhance foot­ball (soc­cer) play­ers’ game intelligence

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Filed Under: Education & Lifelong Learning, Peak Performance, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Applied-Cognitive-Engineering, brain training system, brain-enhancement, brain-trainers, Brain-Training, cognitive-simulation, Cognitive-Training, europe, football, game intelligence, Horizon 2020, Israel, soccer, Sports University

June 22nd talk @ Fundacion Edad y Vida (Barcelona) on Health in the XXI century

June 9, 2010 by Alvaro Fernandez

aa-225x300Last Novem­ber, talk­ing with some Japan­ese col­leagues at the World Eco­nom­ic Forum’s Coun­cil on the Aging Soci­ety, I dis­cov­ered that it is com­mon there to orga­nize research-dri­ven consortia/ learn­ing labs among for-prof­it, non-prof­it and aca­d­e­m­ic orga­ni­za­tions inter­est­ed in the devel­op­ment of “sil­ver indus­tries”, this is, where com­pa­nies devel­op prod­uct and ser­vices spe­cif­ic to the needs of old­er adults.

I just dis­cov­ered ‑hav­ing been invit­ed to speak there, togeth­er with Prof. Shlo­mo Breznitz- that my native Spain counts with a sim­i­lar inno­v­a­tive plat­form. You can see below (in Span­ish) the details of my tak in Barcelona on June 22nd, and here you have how the Fun­da­cion Edad y Vida describes itself:

  • The Edad&Vida Foun­da­tion is a plat­form where all the dif­fer­ent agents involved in con­tribut­ing to the qual­i­ty of life of elder­ly peo­ple con­verge. Edad&Vida is an open space to com­pa­nies from dif­fer­ent eco­nom­ic sec­tors, social agents and aca­d­e­m­ic entities.
  • Edad&Vida is the result of the effort of more than 40 lead­ing com­pa­nies that belong to dif­fer­ent eco­nom­ic sec­tors. We can find [Read more…] about June 22nd talk @ Fun­da­cion Edad y Vida (Barcelona) on Health in the XXI century

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Filed Under: En Español Tagged With: aging, barcelona, Brain-health, consortia, edadvida foundation, elderly services, entrenamiento mental, envejecimiento cerebral, europe, fundacion edad y vida, higinio raventos, Ramon-y-Cajal, salud cerebral, sanitary-centres, tecnologias digitales

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