Study: Brain scans mapping language and memory areas can help guide epilepsy-related surgeries

By SharpBrains | January 13, 2017

Can brain scans help doc­tors nav­i­gate epilep­sy surgery? (UPI) “…When med­ica­tion does­n’t effec­tive­ly con­trol epilep­sy, surgery may be rec­om­mend­ed. Doc­tors can remove the part of the brain that trig­gers seizures or use cer­tain pro­ce­dures to con­trol seizure activ­i­ty. Before surgery, how­ev­er, the brain must be “mapped” to ensure the regions respon­si­ble for lan­guage and memory…

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Study: Computerized cognitive training may help patients with mild cognitive impairment (less so once diagnosed with dementia)

By SharpBrains | November 17, 2016

Brain Gain: Com­put­er­ized Train­ing May Boost Cog­ni­tion in MCI (Med­scape): “Com­put­er­ized cog­ni­tive train­ing (CCT) for patients with mild cog­ni­tive impair­ment (MCI) appears to have a ben­e­fi­cial effect on glob­al cog­ni­tion, mem­o­ry, and atten­tion and improves psy­choso­cial func­tion­ing, includ­ing depres­sive symptoms, 

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Update: To improve sleep, combine general sleep hygiene with mindful and cognitive techniques

By SharpBrains | May 26, 2016 |

———- Had a good night’s sleep?  We hope you did, so you can ful­ly enjoy all the fas­ci­nat­ing arti­cles and brain teasers in the new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ eNewslet­ter…includ­ing excel­lent advice on how to com­bine gen­er­al sleep hygiene with mind­ful and cog­ni­tive tech­niques, and a book give­away.  Hap­py read­ing! New think­ing: For a good night’s rest,…

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Busy schedules linked to better memory and cognition among middle-aged and older adults

By SharpBrains | May 18, 2016

——- Being Super Busy May* Be Good For Your Brain (Smith­son­ian Mag­a­zine): “There has­n’t been much sci­en­tif­ic research on busy­ness itself, although it’s some­thing that we talk about so often,” explains Sara Fes­ti­ni, a cog­ni­tive neu­ro­sci­en­tist at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Texas at Dal­las Cen­ter for Vital Longevi­ty, a co-author of the new research pub­lished this week

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Maker of “neuro” functional drinks settles false advertising complaint

By SharpBrains | April 22, 2016

Fol­low­ing Civ­il Com­plaint, Neu­ro to Update Labels and Change Mar­ket­ing Prac­tices (BevNet): “Neu­ro­brands LLC, the mak­er of Neu­ro drinks, has agreed to set­tle a civ­il com­plaint alleg­ing the com­pa­ny engaged in false adver­tis­ing and vio­lat­ed fed­er­al food safe­ty laws and reg­u­la­tions. The com­plaint was filed by the city of San­ta Monica

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