Seven evidence-based reasons to start meditating yesterday

By Emma Seppala, PhD | August 3, 2020

Yes, start­ing today is OK too. I start­ed med­i­tat­ing soon after 9/11. I was liv­ing in Man­hat­tan, an already chaot­ic place, at an extreme­ly chaot­ic time. I real­ized I had no con­trol over my exter­nal envi­ron­ment. But the one place I did have a say over was my mind, through med­i­ta­tion. When I start­ed med­i­tat­ing, I…

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The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) shares discussion paper to help empower 8 billion minds via the ethical adoption of digital mental health and neurotech

By SharpBrains | October 28, 2019

Our newest #NAM­Per­spec­tives paper out­lines the eight key actions need­ed to scale the use of men­tal health tech­nol­o­gy in sup­port­ing men­tal health care pro­fes­sion­als world­wide. Read about this pro­posed path for­ward: https://t.co/vnKAQzrSaS pic.twitter.com/JRd8fKQP80 — Nation­al Acad­e­my of Med­i­cine (@theNAMedicine) Octo­ber 28, 2019 Tech­nol­o­gy has much to offer in terms of pro­vid­ing and improv­ing access to better…

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May “industry review boards” contribute to the wider adoption of virtual and augmented reality for physical and mental health?

By SharpBrains | September 11, 2019

__________ Indus­try review boards are need­ed to pro­tect VR user pri­va­cy (World Eco­nom­ic Forum blog): “It seemed like a game when Riley first start­ed the vir­tu­al real­i­ty (VR) maze … A month after play­ing the game, Riley was turned down for a new life-insur­ance pol­i­cy. Giv­en his excel­lent health, he couldn’t under­stand why. Sev­er­al appeals later,…

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Let’s discuss how to Outsmart Smart Technology to Reclaim our Health and Focus

By Alvaro Fernandez | April 23, 2019

I’m excit­ed to share that the upcom­ing 2019 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit will fea­ture, on May 8th, a fas­ci­nat­ing pre­sen­ta­tion and dis­cus­sion with Dr. Mar­garet Mor­ris, who spent 13 years as a researcher at Intel and recent­ly wrote a very time­ly book — Left to Our Own Devices: Out­smart­ing Smart Tech­nol­o­gy to Reclaim Our Rela­tion­ships, Health,…

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Report finds only 35% of Canadian youth get the physical activity recommended for brain health

By SharpBrains | June 22, 2018

___ Get­ting kids out­side and active could help with brain health: Par­tic­i­paction report (The Globe and Mail): “The phys­i­cal ben­e­fits of kids lead­ing an active lifestyle, includ­ing bet­ter heart health and a decreased risk of devel­op­ing Type 2 dia­betes, are well known. But a grow­ing body of research sug­gests there are sig­nif­i­cant men­tal ben­e­fits as well,…

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