Survey of key scientific, technological and investment trends revolutionizing Brain Health in our Digital Age

By Apoorv Mathur | January 23, 2017

—– Last year I got very inter­est­ed in the func­tion­ing of the human brain and the sci­ence behind mind­ful­ness and learn­ing [1], so was quite excit­ed  to attend the Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit [2] in Decem­ber, indulging in the lat­est trends in applied neu­ro­science and dig­i­tal inno­va­tion. The Sum­mit focused on the theme of rein­vent­ing brain health in the digital…

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Learning how to mindfully navigate mindfulness apps

By SharpBrains | September 1, 2016

The Trou­ble with Mind­ful­ness Apps (Mind­ful): “Be pre­pared to be bored. This is the gist of one of the noti­fi­ca­tions you receive before you try the body scan med­i­ta­tion from Mind­ful Mood Bal­ance, a web-based pro­gram cur­rent­ly being pilot­ed in 

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September update: Revolutions in neurotechnology will soon influence every aspect of human life

By SharpBrains | September 30, 2015

Time for Sharp­Brains’ Sep­tem­ber e‑newsletter, wrap­ping up this month’s key brain-relat­ed news. Our brain is at the core of every­thing we do, from the every-day deci­sions we make to the epic emo­tions we feel when we fall in love. And neurotechnologies–especially those that, being dig­i­tal, are emi­nently scal­able, and that, being non-inva­­sive, pose few if any negative…

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Digital brain health firm Headspace raises $34 million to scale up meditation service and transform mind health

By SharpBrains | September 21, 2015

. Jared Leto, Ryan Seacrest, Jes­si­ca Alba Invest in Head­space With the Chernin Group (The Wrap): “Head­space, a lead­ing dig­i­tal health and well­ness media brand, has closed a sig­nif­i­cant financ­ing round (Edi­tor’s note: $34m) to expand its award-win­n­ing med­i­ta­tion, mind­ful­ness and health-relat­ed media platform

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Meditation apps help spread the practice

By SharpBrains | August 10, 2015

. Top Med­i­ta­tion Apps (Brain­Blog­ger): “Med­i­ta­tion is not only a hip­pie trend any­more, with more and more peo­ple becom­ing inter­est­ed in it…For many, med­i­ta­tion remains a real challenge.

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