Study shows promising results of EEG-based brain training in helping adults with ADHD

By SharpBrains | July 8, 2021

Man­ag­ing atten­tion deficit dis­or­der by train­ing the brain (Sci­enceDai­ly): Atten­tion Deficit Hyper­ac­tiv­i­ty Dis­or­der (ADHD) affects about 7% of chil­dren, with a two out of three chance of per­sist­ing into adult­hood. This neu­rode­vel­op­men­tal dis­or­der is char­ac­terised by con­cen­tra­tion dif­fi­cul­ties, increased dis­tractibil­i­ty, impul­siv­i­ty and hyper­ac­tiv­i­ty. Today, ADHD is treat­ed with phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal drugs that may have unwant­ed side…

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Sneak preview into the future of mental health: Fully digital clinical trials to study digital therapeutics

By SharpBrains | October 5, 2016

——– Click Ther­a­peu­tics™ Reports Pre­lim­i­nary Results of a 416-Par­tic­i­­pant Clin­i­cal Study Demon­strat­ing Excep­tion­al Engage­ment and Effi­ca­cy of Click­o­tine®, a Patent-Pend­ing Dig­i­tal Ther­a­peu­tics™ Pro­gram for Smok­ing Ces­sa­tion (press release): “Click Ther­a­peu­tics, Inc. (“Click”), a com­pa­ny devel­op­ing a suite of per­son­al­ized data-dri­ven dig­i­tal ther­a­peu­tics for chron­ic health con­di­tions, announces today pre­lim­i­nary results of its ful­ly remote clinical…

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January Update: The Federal Trade Commission orders Focus Education to stop making unsubstantiated brain training claims

By SharpBrains | January 29, 2015

. Time for Sharp­Brains’ Jan­u­ary e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing a wealth of brain health insights, neu­ro­science research reports, a land­mark action by the Fed­er­al Trade Commission…and some quick brain teasers. Enjoy! New research: Brain health research study by AARP: Con­sumers pur­sue brain train­ing to sup­port a more enjoy­able, self-man­aged life Can self-mon­i­­tor­ing help pro­mote aca­d­e­m­ic suc­cess, and reduce ADHD symp­toms, in col­lege students…

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FDA clears use of EEG-based ADHD test

By SharpBrains | July 17, 2013

First ADHD brain wave test approved by FDA (CBS News): “Diag­nos­ing some­one with atten­tion deficit hyper­ac­tiv­i­ty dis­or­der (ADHD) is often a tricky sci­ence because it relies heav­i­ly on psy­chi­atric and behav­ioral exam­i­na­tions. For the first time, the Food and Drug Admin­is­tra­tion has approved a device that 

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The future of intuitive technology and neurocognitive care?

By SharpBrains | May 10, 2013

Envi­sion­ing The Future With Inven­tor Cori Lath­an (NPR): “Com­put­ers were cre­at­ed to be use­ful tools, but all too often it’s still a chore to get tech­nol­o­gy to do our bidding…For exam­ple, work­ing as an engi­neer with astro­nauts at NASA, Lath­an real­ized that the phys­i­cal chal­lenges of liv­ing in space in some ways mir­ror the challenges…

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