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The National Science Foundation (NSF) funds Neurotechnology Hubs and innovative tools to advance research on Brain & Behavior

August 2, 2017 by SharpBrains

 

– Cor­nell Uni­ver­si­ty neu­ro­sci­en­tist Chris Xu will study how brains pro­duce behav­ior in species across a range of sizes.

NSF issues awards to advance a nation­al research infra­struc­ture for neu­ro­science (press release by the Nation­al Sci­ence Foundation):

“The Nation­al Sci­ence Foun­da­tion (NSF) has made 17 Next Gen­er­a­tion Net­works for Neu­ro­science (Neu­roNex) awards to aid the research com­mu­ni­ty as it pur­sues one of its grand­est chal­lenges: under­stand­ing the brain.

These projects will sup­port the devel­op­ment of inno­v­a­tive, acces­si­ble and shared capa­bil­i­ties and resources, as well as the­o­ret­i­cal frame­works and com­pu­ta­tion­al mod­el­ing to advance neu­ro­science research [Read more…] about The Nation­al Sci­ence Foun­da­tion (NSF) funds Neu­rotech­nol­o­gy Hubs and inno­v­a­tive tools to advance research on Brain & Behavior

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Filed Under: Peak Performance, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: behavior, brain, innovative, National Science Foundation, neural circuits, neural-activity, NeuroNex, neuroscience, neurotechnologies, Neurotechnology, NSF

What are scal­able best prac­tices to spread smart health?

October 28, 2013 by SharpBrains

What are scal­able best prac­tices to spread smart health? from Sharp­Brains: Track­ing Brain Health Inno­va­tion

You can now enjoy the slide deck from this ses­sion, which took place at the 2013 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit (Sep­tem­ber 19–20th). [Read more…] about What are scal­able best prac­tices to spread smart health?

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Filed Under: Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Alzheimers-research, connected health, Dharma-Singh-Khalsa, ideas 42, jayne plunkett, Josh Wright, Misha-Pavel, National Science Foundation, reinsurance, smart health

2013 SharpBrains Virtual Summit to continue at 8.30am US Pacific Time

September 18, 2013 by SharpBrains

Day 2 of the 2013 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit will start today, Sept 20th, at 8.30am US Pacif­ic Time/ 11.30am US East­ern Time.   [Read more…] about 2013 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit to con­tin­ue at 8.30am US Pacif­ic Time

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: Aetna, Brain-health, digital health, Discovery Communications, Emotiv Lifesciences, EPFL, Human Brain Project, Kaiser-Permanente, Kickstarter, Lumosity, National Science Foundation, neuroplasticity, NIH, One Mind for Research

NSF Smart and Connected Health Program Director to speak at 2013 SharpBrains Summit

June 12, 2013 by SharpBrains

Misha_Pavel_BWMisha Pavel, PhD, is the Pro­gram Direc­tor in charge of the Nation­al Sci­ence Foun­da­tion’s Smart and Con­nected Health port­fo­lio, designed to accel­er­ate the devel­op­ment and use of inno­v­a­tive health­care approach­es that are pre­ven­tive, proac­tive, evi­dence-based, per­son-cen­tered and focused on well-being rather than dis­ease. Con­cur­rently, he has an appoint­ment as a Pro­fes­sor in the Depart­ment of Bio­med­ical Engi­neer­ing, and a joint appoint­ment in the Depart­ment of Med­ical Infor­mat­ics and Clin­i­cal Epi­demi­ol­ogy, at Ore­gon Health and Sci­ence Uni­ver­sity. Pri­or to his aca­d­e­mic career, he was a mem­ber of the tech­ni­cal staff at Bell Lab­o­ra­to­ries, where his research includ­ed net­work analy­sis and mod­el­ing. Misha Pavel is a Senior Mem­ber of IEEE.

–> To Learn More and Reg­is­ter, click on 2013 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit: Sep­tem­ber 19–20th, 2013

Syn­op­sis of the Smart and Con­nect­ed Health Pro­gram: [Read more…] about NSF Smart and Con­nect­ed Health Pro­gram Direc­tor to speak at 2013 Sharp­Brains Summit

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: connected health, healthcare, Misha-Pavel, National Science Foundation, NSF, smart health

Learn more about the 2013 SharpBrains Summit & register today

June 10, 2013 by SharpBrains

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The 2013 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit (Sept 19–20, 2013) will fea­ture over 30 of the world’s top sci­en­tists, inno­va­tors and deci­sion-mak­ers work­ing on ways to enhance behav­ioral and brain health via neu­ro­science-based inno­va­tion. Con­firmed Sum­mit Chairs and Speak­ers include 8 trail­blaz­ers named Young Glob­al Lead­ers by the World Eco­nom­ic Forum, and pio­neers at the Nation­al Sci­ence Foun­da­tion, UCLA, UT-Dal­las, Brain Resource, Neu­roSky, Inter­Ax­on, Dig­i­tal Arte­facts. Learn more and register

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: 2013 SharpBrains Summit, Behavioral Health, Brain-health, Brain-Resource, Digital Artefacts, innovation, Interaxon, National Science Foundation, neuroscience, NeuroSky, UCLA, UT-Dallas, World-Economic-Forum, Young Global Leaders

(Some) New Yorker articles are bogus

April 12, 2013 by Alvaro Fernandez

Scarecrow-or-strawmanI love read­ing the New York­er. I have writ­ten before about bogus brain games, and about bogus brain train­ing claims. We have pub­lished a 10-ques­tion check­list to help con­sumers make informed decisions.

All this is to say I was sur­prised to read a recent New York­er blog arti­cle titled “Brain games are bogus.” If you are going to make such strong claims, you need to back them up with seri­ous due dili­gence and analy­sis, and explain to read­ers what [Read more…] about (Some) New York­er arti­cles are bogus

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Alzheimers-disease, Brain-games, Brain-Training, cogmed, cognitive-decline, Cognitive-Training, foresight, interactive media, mental capital, mental well being, National Science Foundation, National-Institutes-of-Health, New-Yorker, video-games

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