May 30th: The Future of Mental Health & Brain Enhancement @ Imperial College, London

By SharpBrains | April 20, 2018

___ Heads-up: the Impe­r­i­al Col­lege Cen­tre for Neu­rotech­nol­o­gy will host a keynote by Alvaro Fer­nan­dez on Wednes­day, May 30th, titled Why the Future of Brain Enhance­ment & Men­tal Health is Dig­i­tal & Per­va­sive. Descrip­tion: As seen in patent and invest­ment trends, research find­ings and consumer/patient behav­iors, Men­tal Health and Brain Enhance­ment are rapid­ly evolv­ing in transformational…

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How will the Clinicians, Patients and Consumers of the Future ensure appropriate use of brain enhancement methods encompassing lifestyle, supplements, brain training, meditation, bio/ neurofeedback, tDCS and more?

By SharpBrains | December 27, 2017

How will the Clin­i­cians, Patients and Con­sumers of the Future ensure appro­pri­ate use of brain enhance­ment meth­ods encom­pass­ing lifestyle, sup­ple­ments, brain train­ing, med­i­ta­tion, bio/ neu­ro­feed­back, tDCS and more? (record­ing requires reg­is­tra­tion; view slid­edeck above or Here) Dr. Eddie Mar­tuc­ci, Co-Founder and CEO of Akili Inter­ac­tive Labs Dr. Anna Wexler, sci­ence writer, film­mak­er and post­doc fel­low at the Depart­ment of Medical…

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Reminder (and Discount code): BrainFutures 2017 to take place September 6–7th in Washington, DC

By SharpBrains | July 26, 2017

— Brain­Fu­tures 2017 is a one-and-a-half-day con­fer­ence fea­tur­ing renowned lead­ers shar­ing research-to-prac­tice inno­va­tion to opti­mize brain health and trans­form men­tal health care. Keynote speak­ers include Dr. Nor­man Doidge, Dr. Alvaro Pas­cual-Leone, Dr. John Ratey, Dr. Adam Gaz­za­ley, Alvaro Fer­nan­dez, and more. The con­fer­ence is cer­ti­fied to offer CEU and CME cred­its. Where: Gay­lord Nation­al Resort…

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“The future is already here — it’s just not evenly distributed” — William Gibson

By SharpBrains | July 18, 2017

Expo Day: Mind­Maze, Sharp­Brains, Wat­son Cen­tre for Brain Health from Sharp­Brains –> Learn more about the upcom­ing 2017 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit: Brain Enhance­ment in the Dig­i­tal Age (Decem­ber 5–7th, 2017). The 2017 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit will fea­ture over thir­ty of the world’s top experts and inno­va­tors work­ing on ways to enhance our brain health and per­for­mance in light of…

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BrainFutures 2017: September 6–7th in Washington, DC

By SharpBrains | June 26, 2017

— What: Brain­Fu­tures 2017 is a one-and-a-half-day con­fer­ence fea­tur­ing renowned lead­ers shar­ing research-to-prac­tice inno­va­tion to opti­mize brain health and trans­form men­tal health care. Keynote speak­ers include Dr. Nor­man Doidge, Dr. Alvaro Pas­cual-Leone, Dr. John Ratey, Dr. Adam Gaz­za­ley, Alvaro Fer­nan­dez, and more. CE cred­its are avail­able. Where: Gay­lord Nation­al Resort (Wash­ing­ton, D.C.) When: Sep­tem­ber 6–7, 2017 

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Five reasons the future of brain enhancement is digital, pervasive and (hopefully) bright

By SharpBrains | May 1, 2017

— Elon Musk just detailed his ambi­tious plans for a new brain-com­put­er inter­face plat­form. Superath­lete Tom Brady revealed his “brain resilien­cy pro­gramme” to increase his ath­let­ic edge. Elite US mil­i­tary units are test­ing brain stim­u­la­tion head­sets to stim­u­late neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty and boost men­tal and phys­i­cal per­for­mance. And they are not the only ones inno­vat­ing at the…

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