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Survey of 2500 families finds what ADHD treatments seem to work/ not work as applied in the real world

December 17, 2020 by Dr. David Rabiner

Cred­it: CDC Vital Signs

While care­ful­ly con­trolled clin­i­cal tri­als are essen­tial for estab­lish­ing sci­en­tif­ic sup­port for dif­fer­ent ADHD treat­ments, it is also impor­tant to exam­ine how par­ents feel about the treat­ments they actu­al­ly select for their child.

How par­ents feel about ADHD treat­ments they have tried for their child pro­vides an impor­tant com­ple­ment to pub­lished clin­i­cal tri­als data, and can also help guide par­ents’ treat­ment choic­es. [Read more…] about Sur­vey of 2500 fam­i­lies finds what ADHD treat­ments seem to work/ not work as applied in the real world

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Filed Under: Attention & ADD/ADHD Tagged With: AD/HD-treatments, ADHD coaching, alternative ADHD treatments, behavior-therapy, brain training, cognitive-abilities, diet, exercise, medication, mindfulness-meditation, minerals, Neurofeedback, parents, prescription, prescription medication, supplements, survey, Vitamins

Study: Meditation practice, both formal and informal, helps develop equanimity over time

August 20, 2020 by Greater Good Science Center

We are liv­ing through a time of uncer­tain­ty, a sky-high pile of ques­tion marks. It has become increas­ing­ly dif­fi­cult to make plans because the state of our world today is so volatile due to the coro­n­avirus pan­dem­ic. Some peo­ple are adapt­ing to their homes becom­ing their offices indef­i­nite­ly, or in dan­ger of los­ing their jobs, while oth­ers long to embrace loved ones they are stuck six feet away from. [Read more…] about Study: Med­i­ta­tion prac­tice, both for­mal and infor­mal, helps devel­op equa­nim­i­ty over time

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health Tagged With: anger, anxiety, body scan meditation, boredom, breathing meditation, coronavirus, equanimity, meditation, mental habits, mind, mindfulness-meditation, pandemic, state-of-mind, Stress

The future (of Brain Health & Enhancement) is already here — it’s just not very evenly distributed

November 20, 2017 by Alvaro Fernandez

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“The future is already here — it’s just not very even­ly dis­trib­uted” — William Gibson

Last week we asked the ques­tion, Have you ever used–for your­self or for others–technologies or prod­ucts that you think would fall into the cat­e­go­ry of brain enhance­ment? a) If Yes, what did you use and what lessons learned can you share? b) If No, what issues would you like to see addressed before con­sid­er­ing doing so?

Thank you every­one for your great answers and comments!

They are very valu­able in help­ing us final­ize the agen­da of the the upcom­ing 2017 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit: Brain Health & Enhance­ment in the Dig­i­tal Age (Decem­ber 5–7th).

As a token of appre­ci­a­tion, we are issu­ing 4 com­pli­men­ta­ry Sum­mit pass­es for Eva, A. Mark, Kitt and Gwyneth to join the Sum­mit and add their per­spec­tives and ques­tions to the mix, based on these insight­ful answers (light­ly edit­ed for clar­i­ty). [Read more…] about The future (of Brain Health & Enhance­ment) is already here — it’s just not very even­ly distributed

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Alpha-Stim, Anki, app, brain-enhancement, brain-sensing, Brain-Training, Calm, Calm app, CBT-I, dual n-back, electrostimulation, headband, heartmath, HRV biofeedback, iPad, Lumosity, Memory-Training, mindfulness-meditation, Muse, Neurofeedback, Virtual Hope Box

Studies suggest we better train the mind as we train the body: with cross-training and in good company

October 27, 2017 by SharpBrains

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Dif­fer­ent med­i­ta­tion types train dis­tinct parts of your brain (New Scientist):

“We are used to hear­ing that med­i­ta­tion is good for the brain, but now it seems that not just any kind of med­i­ta­tion will do. Just like phys­i­cal exer­cise, the kind of improve­ments you get depends on exact­ly how you train – and most of us are doing it all wrong [Read more…] about Stud­ies sug­gest we bet­ter train the mind as we train the body: with cross-train­ing and in good company

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health Tagged With: brain, chronic-stress, Cortisol, Limbic-System, meditation, mindfulness, mindfulness-meditation, neuroscientific, prefrontal-cortex, stress hormone

New book by Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson describes four reasons why long-term meditation can lead to profound improvements in our minds, brains, and bodies

September 22, 2017 by Greater Good Science Center

Mind­ful­ness med­i­ta­tion is every­where these days. From the class­room to the board room, peo­ple are jump­ing on the mind­ful­ness band­wag­on, hop­ing to dis­cov­er for them­selves some of its promised ben­e­fits, like bet­ter focus, more har­mo­nious rela­tion­ships, and less stress.

I too have start­ed a mind­ful­ness med­i­ta­tion prac­tice and have found it to be help­ful in my every­day life. But, as a sci­ence writer, I still have to won­der: Is all of the hype around mind­ful­ness run­ning ahead of the sci­ence? What does the research real­ly say about mind­ful­ness?  [Read more…] about New book by Daniel Gole­man and Richard David­son describes four rea­sons why long-term med­i­ta­tion can lead to pro­found improve­ments in our minds, brains, and bodies

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: Daniel-Goleman, meditation, mindfulness, mindfulness science, Mindfulness-Based-Stress-Reduction, mindfulness-meditation, Richard-Davidson

New book on how to practice mindfulness meditation with humor and playfulness

September 2, 2016 by Greater Good Science Center

JoyonDemandFrom the out­side, med­i­ta­tion appears to be a thor­ough­ly seri­ous endeav­or. You have to sit down, duti­ful­ly count your breaths and rein in your wan­der­ing mind, and prac­tice this every day whether it’s fun or not.

But that isn’t Chade-Meng Tan’s approach to mind­ful­ness. The found­ing chair of the Search Inside Your­self Lead­er­ship Insti­tute, which start­ed as a mind­ful­ness class at Google and now trains employ­ees around the world, Tan lives by the mot­to that “life is too impor­tant to be tak­en seri­ous­ly.” And he adopts the same atti­tude toward cul­ti­vat­ing mindfulness—outlined in his new book, Joy on Demand: The Art of Dis­cov­er­ing the Hap­pi­ness With­in.

While Tan acknowl­edges that there are oth­er routes to mas­ter­ing med­i­ta­tion (includ­ing sheer dis­ci­pline and will), his focus is on joy. The book [Read more…] about New book on how to prac­tice mind­ful­ness med­i­ta­tion with humor and playfulness

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning, Peak Performance Tagged With: book, Joy, meditation, mindfulness, mindfulness-meditation, therapies

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