Air Force announces research platform to harness closed-loop neurotechnology and accelerate learning “on the fly”

Air Force Neu­rotech­nol­o­gy Part­ner­ship Aims to Accel­er­ate Learn­ing (Mil­i­tary Spot): The Indi­vid­u­al­ized Neur­al Learn­ing Sys­tem, or iNeu­raLS, is a new aug­ment­ed learn­ing plat­form that will enable rapid learn­ing by closed-loop mod­u­la­tion of cog­ni­tive states dur­ing skill acqui­si­tion. Essen­tial­ly, the AFRL team seeks to devel­op a capa­bil­i­ty that will give Air­men the abil­i­ty to rapid­ly acquire knowledge…

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A limerick a day hopefully keeps the neurologist away

– Hat tip to Bar­bara Arrow­smith-Young Mark Rosenzweig’s clas­sic 1996 paper on neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty: Psy­chobi­ol­o­gy of plas­tic­i­ty: effects of train­ing and expe­ri­ence on brain and behav­ior (Behav­iour­al Brain Research): Abstract: Sup­port­ing Heb­b’s 1949 hypoth­e­sis of use-induced plas­tic­i­ty of the ner­vous sys­tem, our group found in the 1960s that train­ing or dif­fer­en­tial expe­ri­ence induced neu­ro­chem­i­cal changes in cerebral…

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Update: Four tips to practice good mental hygiene during the coronavirus outbreak

__ Time for a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing this time 14 time­ly news and resources for men­tal health and brain health inno­va­tion. First of all, let’s remain safe, healthy, and cen­tered dur­ing the cur­rent health cri­sis by fol­low­ing these tips pro­vid­ed by the Greater Good Sci­ence Cen­ter at UC Berke­ley: 1. Stay calm and…

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Does music facilitate or impair cognitive task performance? It depends…

__ Does Music Boost Your Cog­ni­tive Per­for­mance? (Sci­en­tif­ic Amer­i­can): “Music makes life bet­ter in so many ways. It ele­vates mood, reduces stress and eas­es pain. Music is heart-healthy, because it can low­er blood pres­sure, reduce heart rate and decrease stress hor­mones in the blood. It also con­nects us with oth­ers and enhances social bonds. Music…

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