Posts Tagged ‘Gaming’
Emerging applications of transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS): e‑sports skills training, cognitive enhancement in older adults
10 Minutes of Electrical Stimulation During Gaming Helps Improve e‑Sports Skills (Technology Networks): Researchers at Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software and University of Limerick (UL), have found video gamers can significantly improve their esport skills by training for just 10 minutes a day. The research team at Lero’s Esports Science Research Lab…
Read MoreAkili Interactive Labs raises $30.5 million to develop FDA-approved brain training videogame for ADHD
. Videogame Maker Seeks to Treat ADHD (The Wall Street Journal): “Doctors don’t usually prescribe videogame play. But one company, which has just raised $30.5 million from venture-capital investors, hopes to change that. Boston-based Akili Interactive Labs Inc. is developing a videogame it believes could replace pills as a treatment for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Read MoreNext: NeuroGaming conference + ESCoNS Summit in San Francisco
. Heads-up about a great upcoming event. The NeuroGaming 2015 Conference and Expo on May 6–7 is the place where mind and body meet game play, where neurogame developers share the latest emotional, cognitive, sensory and behavioral technologies to create compelling experiences to engage and entertain gamers worldwide. New this year — ESCoNS Pre-conference Summit, to…
Read MoreUpcoming event: NeuroGaming + ESCoNS Summit 2015 (May 5–7; San Francisco)
. Heads-up about a great upcoming event. The NeuroGaming 2015 Conference and Expo on May 6–7 is the place where mind and body meet game play, where neurogame developers share the latest emotional, cognitive, sensory and behavioral technologies to create compelling experiences to engage and entertain gamers worldwide. New this year — ESCoNS Pre-conference Summit, to…
Read MoreItamar Lesuisse at Peak: Let’s integrate brain training with the quantified self
What is your current job title and organization, and what excites you the most about working there? I am the CEO at Peak, a mobile brain-training app that helps users to enjoy becoming better every day. My cofounders and I wanted to start a company where technology, science, education and gaming blend together to create a…
Read MoreUpdate: Test your stress level with this fun brain teaser
— Time for SharpBrains’ July 2014 e‑newsletter, featuring a wealth of thought-provoking insights, science reports…and this fun brain teaser to determine your stress level. New thinking: Why “disorders of the brain” deserve at least equal attention as cardiovascular diseases and cancer Preliminary Agenda of the 2014 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (October 28–30th) Debunking Myers-Briggs personality test How to remember…
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