The billion dollar question: Under what conditions can brain training result in real-world benefits?

By SharpBrains | August 18, 2015

. Does any­one care if “brain games” actu­al­ly work? (For­tune): “The cog­ni­tive fit­ness mar­ket — loose­ly defined as non-inva­­sive neu­rotech­nolo­gies that mon­i­tor or enhance cog­ni­tion — is booming…The “brain game” indus­try is already a bil­lion dol­lar mar­ket, and will reach the $6 bil­lion mark with­in the next five years says Sharp­Brains, a neu­ro-well­­ness mar­ket research…

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To Manage Brain Fitness Through Life, We Need to Put Puzzle Pieces Together

By Alvaro Fernandez | June 21, 2010

The main val­ue of the inde­pen­dent NIH pan­el men­tioned in the pre­vi­ous arti­cle comes from the rec­om­men­da­tions it makes for research, indus­try and gov­ern­ment to fill the gaps in the sci­en­tif­ic evi­dence in years to come. … In fact, hav­ing access to objec­tive, auto­mat­ed assess­ments to help con­sumers bet­ter mon­i­tor their cog­ni­tive health and take proactive,…

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