Final 10 days to nominate teachers for the $1M Global Teacher Prize 2024

By The Varkey Foundation | December 6, 2024 |

Dear edu­ca­tors, par­ents, and stu­dents world­wide, There are now ten days to go until appli­ca­tions and nom­i­na­tions close for the Glob­al Teacher Prize, and we want­ed to ask you to help us spread the word. The Glob­al Teacher Prize, in part­ner­ship with GEMS edu­ca­tion, serves to under­line the impor­tance of edu­ca­tors and the fact that,…

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Best books on brain health and cognitive fitness according to ChatSpot and ChatGPT

By SharpBrains | February 14, 2024 |

Out of curios­i­ty we queried a cou­ple pop­u­lar AI chat­bots, ChatSpot and Chat­G­PT free ver­sions, about the best books in a cou­ple of key top­ics we dis­cuss a lot in this blog. Here are the fas­ci­nat­ing results, and some brief com­men­tary at the end. (Links open cor­re­spond­ing Ama­zon book pages.) Best books on brain health, per…

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Brain Health in 2030: Navigating Neuroplasticity & the Digital Health Market

By SharpBrains | January 23, 2024

Brain Health in 2030: Nav­i­gat­ing Neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty & the Dig­i­tal Health Mar­ket from Sharp­Brains Keynote deliv­ered by Álvaro Fer­nán­dez, CEO of Sharp­Brains, dur­ing cor­po­rate retreat. Key mes­sage: Our very human brains and minds are the most sophis­ti­cat­ed tech­nol­o­gy at our dis­pos­al, so we should invest more time learn­ing about how they work and har­ness­ing neu­ro­­plas­tic­i­­ty-based methods…

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Lifestyle matters: What we can do in 2024 to optimize cognition and life, delaying cognitive problems even dementia

By The Conversation | December 14, 2023

Walk 10,000 steps a day, cut back alco­hol, get bet­ter sleep at night, stay social­ly active — we’re told that changes like these can pre­vent up to 40 per cent of demen­tia cas­es world­wide. Giv­en that demen­tia is still one of the most feared dis­eases, why aren’t we push­ing our doc­tors and gov­ern­ments to support…

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On neuroplasticity, cognition, aging, medication, Alzheimer’s, board games, brain teasers, and more

By SharpBrains | October 26, 2023

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing fas­ci­nat­ing research find­ings on neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty, cog­ni­tion, aging, med­ica­tion, Alzheimer’s, board games, and more, plus some brain teasers to get you in great shape for Hal­loween. #1. Study: Play­ing board games like Chess, Mahjong, Go, helps slow cog­ni­tive decline as we age (but with clear dif­fer­ences in…

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