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Emerging applications of transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS): e‑sports skills training, cognitive enhancement in older adults

April 16, 2021 by SharpBrains

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 (ESRL) at UL also found novice gamers ben­e­fit­ed most when they wore a cus­tom head­set deliv­er­ing tran­scra­nial Direct Cur­rent Stim­u­la­tion (tDCS) for 20 min­utes before train­ing ses­sions. [Read more…] about Emerg­ing appli­ca­tions of tran­scra­nial Direct Cur­rent Stim­u­la­tion (tDCS): e‑sports skills train­ing, cog­ni­tive enhance­ment in old­er adults

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Filed Under: Peak Performance, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: cognitive-enhancement, cognitive-performance, Cognitive-Training, e-sports, electrical stimulation, Gaming, Halo Neuroscience, healthy older adults, Lero, tDCS, Transcranial-direct-current-stimulation

On Brain Awareness Week, mental health innovation, tDCS, biofeedback, psychedelics, and more

February 26, 2021 by SharpBrains

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter, start­ing with some ideas to get in the mood for Brain Aware­ness Week next month (March 15–21st). May BAW 2021 be a hun­dred times more upbeat than last year’s…

#1. Sev­en brain teasers and a neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty pod­cast to cel­e­brate Brain Aware­ness Week 2021

#2. Imag­ine what this capa­bil­i­ty may mean just a few years from now. Should/ will Google alert Gmail users about their (future) cog­ni­tive sta­tus? Study: Arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence pro­gram iden­ti­fies lin­guis­tic mark­ers that pre­dict, with 70% accu­ra­cy, who gets Alzheimer’s Dis­ease years later

#3. Sim­i­lar to what hap­pened to Thync back in 2016, Halo Neu­ro­science strug­gled to com­mer­cial­ize tDCS as a non-med­ical device and the tech­nol­o­gy is being repur­posed for clin­i­cal use. Neu­ro­mod­u­la­tion devel­op­er Halo Neu­ro­science clos­es its doors; Flow Neu­ro­science acquires assets

#4. Here you have a cou­ple recent meta-analy­ses sug­gest­ing a grow­ing adop­tion in the near future of web-based, and increas­ing­ly per­son­al­ized, inter­ven­tions. Grow­ing research points to expand­ing adop­tion of online cog­ni­tive behav­ioral ther­a­pies, both guid­ed and unguided

#5. “If there is any­thing we’ve seen out of this year, it’s real­ly become that fourth pil­lar of ben­e­fits for every employ­er out there. Every­one has med­ical, den­tal and vision. Men­tal health has now real­ly become that fourth pil­lar of ben­e­fits for all employ­ers.” — Alyson Wat­son, CEO and founder of Mod­ern Health. Four trends accel­er­at­ing men­tal health inno­va­tion in the COVID/ post-COVID era

#6. “Access to men­tal health­care is a human right that shouldn’t be buried by stig­ma, lack of access, or afford­abil­i­ty.” — Oliv­er Har­ri­son, CEO of Koa Health. Dig­i­tal men­tal health start-up Koa Health rais­es €30M to accel­er­ate growth in Europe and the US

#7. “Just as the viral pan­dem­ic has accel­er­at­ed vac­cine devel­op­ment, this glob­al cri­sis has brought togeth­er men­tal health experts from the pub­lic and pri­vate sec­tor around the world to address what is sure­ly a sec­ond pan­dem­ic trig­gered by loss, anx­i­ety, and social iso­la­tion” — Thomas Insel, MD, co-founder of Human­est Care. Sur­vey finds con­cerns AND hope to address grow­ing men­tal health needs due to the covid pandemic

#8. Can biofeed­back-based videogames help chil­dren bet­ter man­age stress? Mag­el­lan Health and Might­i­er secure $2 mil­lion NIMH grant to investigate

#9. “The Organ­i­sa­tion for the Review of Care and Health Apps (ORCHA) has reviewed almost 600 men­tal health apps … only 29.6% meet qual­i­ty thresh­olds” The land­scape of dig­i­tal men­tal health apps: huge unmet needs, qual­i­ty con­cerns, app stores asked to ensure transparency

#10. Final­ly, an idea out there worth explor­ing … Next: Psy­che­del­ic-assist­ed psychotherapy?

Have a healthy and stim­u­lat­ing month of March,

The Sharp­Brains Team

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, SharpBrains Monthly eNewsletter, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: behavioral, biofeedback, Brain Teasers, cognitive, Halo Neuroscience, Humanest Care, Koa Health, mental healthcare, Mightier, Modern Health, neuroplasticity, psychedelics, Psychotherapy, tDCS, therapies, Thync

Neuromodulation developer Halo Neuroscience closes its doors; Flow Neuroscience acquires assets

February 19, 2021 by SharpBrains

Flow acquires brain stim­u­la­tion tech­nol­o­gy devel­op­er Halo (Med­ical Device Network):

Flow Neu­ro­science has acquired the assets of brain stim­u­la­tion tech­nol­o­gy devel­op­er Halo Neu­ro­science to advance its research into depres­sion and oth­er men­tal health dis­or­der treat­ments. [Read more…] about Neu­ro­mod­u­la­tion devel­op­er Halo Neu­ro­science clos­es its doors; Flow Neu­ro­science acquires assets

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Peak Performance, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: brain stimulation, depression, Flow Neuroscience, Halo Neuroscience, headset, neuromodulation, neuroscience, tDCS, Transcranial-direct-current-stimulation

Lifestyle and neurotechnology over genetics

May 31, 2018 by SharpBrains

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Dear col­league,

It’s remark­able how quick­ly things are chang­ing, final­ly, in brain health and men­tal health — see for exam­ple what’s new with Inter­ax­on, Akili, Neu­raMetrix, Apple, Calm, Halo Neu­ro­science, Mind­strong Health, Novar­tis, Pear Ther­a­peu­tics, and life­long neu­ro­ge­n­e­sis, all in the last 6 months!

Please enjoy the May edi­tion of Sharp­Brains eNewslet­ter below, and con­sid­er join­ing the Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit this Decem­ber to dis­cuss the lat­est and help shape the next 🙂

New research:

  • Cog­ni­tive train­ing, diet, exer­cise, and vas­cu­lar man­age­ment seen to improve cog­ni­tion even in peo­ple with genet­ic pre­dis­po­si­tion for demen­tia (APOE e4)
  • Brain imag­ing show that patients with Alzheimer’s dis­ease can still remem­ber and enjoy their favorite songs
  • Phys­i­cal exer­cise doesn’t slow down demen­tia once it appears, study shows

New tools:

  • Ini­tial study finds promise and lim­i­ta­tions in using vir­tu­al real­i­ty (VR) to treat ADHD
  • tDCS com­ing to an Equinox gym near you: Good, Bad or Depends?
  • Could tech­nol­o­gy help cure depres­sion among old­er adults? (Short answer: Yes)

New thinking:

  • Six tips for social-emo­tion­al learn­ing (SEL) to trans­fer into real-world skills
  • Large study to assess impact on ear­ly brain devel­op­ment of finan­cial assis­tance to low-income mothers
  • New book high­lights con­tin­ued brain devel­op­ment through­out ado­les­cence, even into our 20s
  • Pre­sen­ta­tion on Neu­ro­science, Edu­ca­tion and Life­long Learn­ing (in Spanish)

 

Have a great month of June,

 

The Sharp­Brains Team

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Akili, Apple, Brain-health, Brain-Imaging, Calm, Cognitive-Training, dementia, diet, exercise, Genetics, Halo Neuroscience, Interaxon, lifestyle, Mindstrong Health, NeuraMetrix, neuro, Neurogenesis, neurotech, Neurotechnology, Novartis, Pear Therapeutics, tDCS, vascular management, virtual-reality

tDCS coming to an Equinox gym near you: Good, Bad or Depends?

April 27, 2018 by SharpBrains

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Brain-Zap­ping Work­out Tech Is Com­ing to an Equinox Near You (Giz­mo­do):

“Ath­letes are gen­er­al­ly will­ing to enter­tain any sci­en­tif­ic-sound­ing trend that promis­es an edge. For ref­er­ence: Michael Phelps and cup­ping or Shaquille O’Neal’s ener­gy-enhanc­ing bracelets.

Which is prob­a­bly why Equinox jumped at the chance to offer Halo Neuroscience’s brain-zap­ping, sup­pos­ed­ly per­for­mance-enhanc­ing head­sets as part of its advanced per­son­al train­ing pro­gram at 22 of its fit­ness clubs around the U.S., [Read more…] about tDCS com­ing to an Equinox gym near you: Good, Bad or Depends?

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Filed Under: Peak Performance, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: brain, brain-zapping, Equinox, gym, Halo Neuroscience, headsets, human performance, neuroimaging, tDCS, Transcranial-direct-current-stimulation

News you can use: To improve memory, exercise brain and body at the same time

February 27, 2018 by SharpBrains

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Time for Sharp­Brains’ eNewslet­ter  track­ing the lat­est think­ing, research and tools for brain health.

This month we fea­ture five fas­ci­nat­ing inter­views at the fron­tier of applied neu­ro­science and a recent study sug­gest­ing that “Per­form­ing mem­o­ry train­ing exer­cis­es at the same time as ped­al­ing a sta­tion­ary bike led to bet­ter gains in mem­o­ry than doing the train­ing exer­cis­es after work­ing up a sweat…”

Enjoy the read!

New thinking:

  • A con­ver­sa­tion with Dr. Elkhonon Gold­berg on Cre­ativ­i­ty, Neu­ro­science, and Tech­no­log­i­cal Innovation
  • Neu­ropsy­chol­o­gist Amy Serin would like to see every­one avoid the detri­men­tal effects of an over­ac­tive stress response
  • Dr. Albert Kwon wants to har­ness Aug­ment­ed Real­i­ty to sig­nif­i­cant­ly ease access to Neu­ro­log­i­cal Reha­bil­i­ta­tion Therapies
  • Tara Thi­a­gara­jan on build­ing a glob­al plat­form for brain research that tru­ly cap­tures the diver­si­ty of humanity
  • Jan Samzelius on why mon­i­tor­ing Typ­ing Cadence may help detect ear­ly Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s Disease

New research:

  • To max­i­mize cog­ni­tive ben­e­fits, study sug­gests you exer­cise brain and body at the same time
  • 10-year study finds that the high­er the blood sug­ar lev­el, the faster the cog­ni­tive decline over time — regard­less of dia­bet­ic status
  • New book by Steven Pinker reminds us that Tech­nol­o­gy is not destroy­ing our Minds (but there’s always more Enlight­ened ways to har­ness it)
  • The Chan Zucker­berg Ini­tia­tive reach­es out of neu­ro­science to expand its Neu­rode­gen­er­a­tion Chal­lenge Network

New tools:

  • NHS Choic­es helps improve brain health and sci­ence lit­er­a­cy by report­ing find­ings in con­text — as seen in this brain train­ing & schiz­o­phre­nia example
  • Halo Neu­ro­science rais­es $13M to fur­ther devel­op and com­mer­cial­ize neu­ro­mod­u­la­tion head­set aimed at induc­ing “hyper­plas­tic­i­ty”
  • Ohio Opi­oid Tech­nol­o­gy Chal­lenge funds pro­gram test­ing neu­ro­feed­back-based brain train­ing to reduce crav­ings and bat­tle opi­oid addiction

 

Final­ly, you may want to learn about cog­ni­tion and men­tal self-rota­tion with these quick brain teasers.

Have a great month of March,

The Sharp­Brains Team

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning, Peak Performance, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Albert Kwon, Amy Serin, augmented reality, Brain Teasers, Brain-health, brain-research, brain-teaser, Brain-Training, cognitive-decline, creativity, diversity, Elkhonon-Goldberg, Halo Neuroscience, hyperplasticity, innovation, Jan Samzelius, neurodegeneration, Neurofeedback, neurological, Neuropsychology, neuroscience, NHS Choices, rehabilitation, Steven-Pinker, Stress Response, Tara Thiagarajan

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