To thrive in tomorrow’s economy, workers need to boost lifelong cognitive abilities

By SharpBrains | July 5, 2018

___ The Cog­ni­tive Lim­its of Life­long Learn­ing (Project Syn­di­cate): “As new tech­nolo­gies con­tin­ue to upend indus­tries and take over tasks once per­formed by humans, work­ers world­wide fear for their futures. But what will real­ly pre­vent humans from com­pet­ing effec­tive­ly in the labor mar­ket is not the robots them­selves, but rather our own minds, with all…

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Final 10 days to submit nominations for the Global Teacher Prize 2018

By SharpBrains | September 27, 2017

_______________ Please join us in cel­e­brat­ing teach­ers and the amaz­ing things they do to devel­op and refine our brains. Rec­og­nize the teach­ers who have changed your life, and the lives of oth­ers around you, by nom­i­nat­ing them for a Glob­al Teacher Prize HERE before Octo­ber 8th, 2017. Descrip­tion: The Glob­al Teacher Prize is a US $1 mil­lion award…

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Large study highlights the cognitive enhancement value of both higher education and lifelong learning

By SharpBrains | August 25, 2017

  _______ UC Berke­ley study links cog­ni­tive longevi­ty to high­er edu­ca­tion (The Dai­ly Cal­i­forn­ian): “A study led by cam­pus researchers found that high­er lev­els of edu­ca­tion are linked to lat­er ages of peak cog­ni­tive performance…The team was able to use anony­mous data gath­ered from almost 200,000 sub­scribers to Lumos­i­ty, an online cog­ni­tive train­ing pro­gram, whose…

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“Our health starts and ends with brain health” — Dr. Sandra Bond Chapman, at the 2016 SharpBrains Virtual Summit

By SharpBrains | July 7, 2017

Improve edu­ca­tion, pro­duc­tiv­i­ty and health via brain enhance­ment from Sharp­Brains Experts at the lead­ing edge of brain sci­ence and tech­nol­o­gy shared best prac­tices to link brain health and men­tal health with wider pri­or­i­ties such as edu­ca­tion­al out­comes, work­place per­for­mance and resilience, life­long learn­ing, gen­er­al hap­pi­ness and well-being.

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Upgrading education with lifelong brain development in mind

By SharpBrains | December 29, 2016

Upgrade edu­ca­tion with life­long brain devel­op­ment in mind from Sharp­Brains Two researcher/ prac­ti­tion­ers, involved in spe­cial and life­long learn­ing, explore emerg­ing best prac­tices to help schools, edu­ca­tors, par­ents, and old­er adults nav­i­gate and apply core find­ings from cog­ni­tive and affec­tive neu­ro­science. Chair: Alvaro Fer­nan­dez, CEO & Edi­­tor-in-Chief of Sharp­Brains Deb­bie Gilmore, Exec­u­tive Direc­tor of the…

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“Our health starts and ends with brain health” — Dr. Sandra Bond Chapman, at the 2016 SharpBrains Virtual Summit

By SharpBrains | December 13, 2016

Improve edu­ca­tion, pro­duc­tiv­i­ty and health via brain enhance­ment from Sharp­Brains Experts at the lead­ing edge of brain sci­ence and tech­nol­o­gy shared best prac­tices to link brain health and men­tal health with wider pri­or­i­ties such as edu­ca­tion­al out­comes, work­place per­for­mance and resilience, life­long learn­ing, gen­er­al hap­pi­ness and well-being. Chair: Alexan­dra More­house, Chief Mar­ket­ing Offi­cer of Banner…

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