Posts Tagged ‘mental-illness’
General Chiarelli: “We have a totally dysfunctional research system (for brain and mental health)”
— General Chiarelli’s Brain Crusade (Politico): “Soon after Peter Chiarelli became vice chief of staff of the Army in 2008, a subordinate showed him a bar graph depicting the number of soldiers determined by the Department of Veterans Affairs to be at least 30 percent disabled. The tallest column was on the far left.
Read MoreDoes Brain Fitness Require Medicalization? Insights @ 2012 SharpBrains Virtual Summit
In June of this year, SharpBrains hosted its third annual online “virtual summit” on our evolving understanding of how the human brain works, and how it can be made to work better. As readers of this blog know, SharpBrains is a US-based market research firm and think tank dedicated to studying the scientific, social, and…
Read MoreUpdate: On Brain Training, Positive Psychology and the FDA
Time for the September edition of the monthly SharpBrains eNewsletter, starting with a good brief New Scientist article, Maker of cognitive training game seeks FDA approval: Imagine walking away from a doctor’s office with a prescription to play a video game. Brain Plasticity, the developer of a cognitive training game, has begun talks with the Food and…
Read MoreA Course Correction for Positive Psychology: A Review of Martin Seligman’s Latest Book
(Editor’s Note: we are pleased to bring you this article thanks to our collaboration with Greater Good Science Center). A Course Correction for Positive Psychology A review of Martin Seligman’s latest book, Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-Being. — By Jill Suttie As president of the American Psychological Association in 1998, Martin Seligman challenged…
Read MoreJune Update: High-Quality Summer Brain Reading
Let’s explore some high-quality new resources, announcements and studies in this June edition of the monthly SharpBrains eNewsletter. The field is clearly on the move! Portraits of the Mind: Several sharp brains (Rick, Karen, John, thanks!) strongly recommend the recent book “Portraits of the Mind: Visualizing the Brain from Antiquity to the 21st Century” (which includes the…
Read MoreIn the News: Brain Calisthenics, Bilingual Brains, Debunking Myths on Mental Illness
Let us highlight a couple of insightful and brief articles in the New York Times and a very powerful analysis in The New York Review of Books; they provide useful clues about Brain Calisthenics, Bilingual Brains, and Debunking Myths on Mental Illness.
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