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

By SharpBrains | August 2, 2017

  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…

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

By SharpBrains | June 12, 2013

Misha 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…

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Learn more about the 2013 SharpBrains Summit & register today

By SharpBrains | June 10, 2013

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…

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(Some) New Yorker articles are bogus

By Alvaro Fernandez | April 12, 2013

I 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…

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