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

By SharpBrains | February 27, 2018

___ 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…

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Halo Neuroscience raises $13M to further develop and commercialize neuromodulation headset aimed at inducing “hyperplasticity”

By SharpBrains | February 2, 2018

___ Halo Neu­ro­science rais­es $13m in Series B (Mass Device): “Neu­rostim­u­la­tion device mak­er Halo Neu­ro­science said today it raised $13 mil­lion in a Series B round of financ­ing to sup­port its Halo Sport neu­rostim head­set designed to improve mus­cle mem­o­ry acqui­si­tion from ath­let­ic training.

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Debate: In the field of neurostimulation, what comes first, Published Research or Patents?

By SharpBrains | April 19, 2017

The Brain-Zap­ping Olympians (The Ringer): “Gain­ing jacked-up phys­i­cal pow­ers from frontal-lobe-elec­tri­­fy­ing head­gear sounds like a half-baked super­hero ori­gin sto­ry. It’s also a premise that ath­letes are buy­ing as real­i­ty. NBA play­ers and Olympians are wear­ing a brain-stim­u­la­­tion device called Halo Sport in an attempt to trans­form into champions.

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