Big Ten Conference announces “Mental Health and Wellness Cabinet” and Calm app rollout

By SharpBrains | May 11, 2020

__ Big Ten Con­fer­ence Announces Men­tal Health Ini­tia­tives (press release): “The Big Ten Con­fer­ence for­mal­ly announced today, in con­junc­tion with Men­tal Health Aware­ness Month, the for­ma­tion of the Big Ten Men­tal Health and Well­ness Cab­i­net, which includes rep­re­sen­ta­tives from all 14 Big Ten insti­tu­tions, as well as sport affil­i­ate mem­bers Johns Hop­kins (women’s and men’s…

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Digital mental health taking off in Europe

By SharpBrains | January 31, 2020

___ These 10 Euro­pean tech star­tups want to help you improve your men­tal fit­ness (Sil­i­con Canals): “Accord­ing to a report by WHO Euro (World Health Organ­i­sa­tion Europe), in many west­ern coun­tries, men­tal health dis­or­ders are the major cause of dis­abil­i­ty, account­ing for 30% to 40% of chron­ic sick leaves, and cost­ing near­ly 3% of GDP.…

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Play sports (smartly) for a quieter brain and better auditory processing

By SharpBrains | December 16, 2019 |

___ Ath­letes Have Qui­eter Brains, New Research Shows (Sci News): “No one would argue against the fact that sports lead to bet­ter phys­i­cal­ly fit­ness, but we don’t always think of brain fit­ness and sports,” said Pro­fes­sor Nina Kraus, direc­tor of the Audi­to­ry Neu­ro­science Lab­o­ra­to­ry at North­west­ern Uni­ver­si­ty. “We’re say­ing that play­ing sports can tune the brain…

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Will personalized meditation apps be able to replicate the experience of working with a coach?

By SharpBrains | September 9, 2019

__________ ‘Men­tal fit­ness’ start­up Ele­vate Labs launch­es a per­son­al­ized med­i­ta­tion app called Bal­ance (TechCrunch): “While investors are already writ­ing big checks for med­i­ta­tion star­tups, Ele­vate Labs founder and CEO Jesse Pickard said that none of the exist­ing med­i­ta­tion apps can replace the expe­ri­ence of work­ing with a human coach.

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IBM, VA and Total Brain to test digital mental health platform for veterans and reservists

By SharpBrains | September 3, 2019

__________ IBM unveils GRIT, a dig­i­tal solu­tion devel­oped in part­ner­ship with the Depart­ment of Vet­er­ans Affairs, to help vet­er­ans in tran­si­tion (press release): “IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today the launch of GRIT, a dig­i­tal solu­tion for vet­er­ans, active-duty ser­vice mem­bers, and reservists that pro­vides a mobile expe­ri­ence to help them under­stand and strength­en their mental…

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Limitless evidenceless trend: The growth of nootropic supplements

By SharpBrains | July 9, 2019

_______ The all-too-under­­­s­tand­able urge to buy a bet­ter brain (Vox): “… unfor­tu­nate­ly, Bradley Coop­er is part­ly to blame for the boom of the edi­ble brain-improve­­ment indus­try. In 2011, he starred in Lim­it­less, a movie about a man who takes a spe­cial pill and becomes smarter and more capa­ble than any­one else on Earth. I’m joking…

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