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Neurogaming

Next week in San Francisco: Experiential Technology and NeuroGaming Conference

May 9, 2016 by SharpBrains

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Quick reminder: Sharp­Brains’ IP Ana­lyst Nikhil Sri­ra­man will mod­er­ate a fas­ci­nat­ing ses­sion –Val­i­dat­ed Neu­roW­ell­ness: A New Fron­tier– at the Expe­ri­en­tial Tech­nol­o­gy and Neu­roGam­ing Con­fer­ence, May 17–18th (see pro­mo code below, if you want to register).

Pan­el descrip­tion: Well­ness dig­i­tal tech­nol­o­gy prod­ucts that claim to improve our cog­ni­tive and emo­tion­al health, [Read more…] about Next week in San Fran­cis­co: Expe­ri­en­tial Tech­nol­o­gy and Neu­roGam­ing Conference

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Advanced Brain Monitoring, cognitive-health, DeepStream VR, emotional-health, Emotiv, neuro, Neurogaming, neurotech, NuCalm, wellness, xtech

Update: Dementia rates in the UK significantly lower than forecasted, highlighting the protective role of lifestyle and education

April 27, 2016 by SharpBrains

-- Incidence rate of dementia per 1,000 person years in CFAS I and CFAS II by age at baseline interview. Natural scale. Source: Study below
– Inci­dence rate of demen­tia per 1,000 per­son years in CFAS I (twen­ty years ago) and CFAS II (now) by age at base­line inter­view. Source: Study linked below.

 

 

Time for a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ eNewslet­ter, full of fas­ci­nat­ing brain stud­ies and emerg­ing think­ing and tools for life­long men­tal health and per­for­mance. Hap­py reading!

New research:

  • Demen­tia rates in the UK sig­nif­i­cant­ly low­er than forecasted–especially for men–highlighting the pro­tec­tive role of lifestyle and education
  • Sys­tem­at­ic evi­dence review finds cog­ni­tive behav­ioral ther­a­py as effec­tive as anti­de­pres­sant med­i­cines in treat­ing depression
  • To boost cre­ativ­i­ty, com­bine sys­tem­at­ic dai­ly effort with diverse emo­tion­al states
  • Mind­ful­ness-based Stress Reduc­tion (MBSR) and Cog­ni­tive Behav­ioral Ther­a­py (CBT) beat usu­al care for chron­ic back pain
  • Land­mark study on neur­al cir­cuits shows that “cells that fire togeth­er wire togeth­er,” refin­ing the pop­u­lar “Use it or lose it”

New thinking:

  • On “eth­i­cal place­bos,” Med­i­cine, and Mind/ Body inter­ac­tions: A book review
  • New Neva­da reg­u­la­tion requires pro­fes­sion­al fight­ers to under­go reg­u­lar com­put­er­ized cog­ni­tive testing
  • Brain Train­ing – Can We Real­ly Enhance Our Cog­ni­tive Skills?
  • Since more than 50% of peo­ple world­wide can’t access appro­pri­ate men­tal health treat­ments, let’s wel­come (and test) mobile health apps

New tools:

  • Foot­ballers (also known as soc­cer play­ers) add nov­el­ty, vari­ety and chal­lenge to sharp­en cog­ni­tive and per­cep­tu­al skills
  • Brain hack­ing emerges as lat­est trend in wear­able tech, but is it ready for prime time?
  • Mak­er of “neu­ro” func­tion­al drinks set­tles false adver­tis­ing complaint
  • French neu­rotech start-up Rythm rais­es $11m to help improve sleep quality
  • May 17–18th @ San Fran­cis­co: Expe­ri­en­tial Tech­nol­o­gy and Neu­roGam­ing Conference

 

Final­ly, thank you very much to the 191 reg­is­tered par­tic­i­pants in our very stim­u­lat­ing April 21st vir­tu­al lec­ture. You should already have received access to the full record­ing and oth­er mate­ri­als, but please con­tact us if you have any problem.

Have a great month of May!

The Sharp­Brains Team

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: antidepressants, brain hacking, cognitive, cognitive-behavioral-therapy, creativity, dementia, Education & Lifelong Learning, lifestyle, Mental-Health, mindfulness, Neurogaming, xtech

May 17–18th @ San Francisco: Experiential Technology and NeuroGaming Conference

April 12, 2016 by SharpBrains

experiential-technology-and-neurogaming—–

Heads-up: Sharp­Brains’ IP Ana­lyst Nikhil Sri­ra­man will mod­er­ate the ses­sion Val­i­dat­ed Neu­roW­ell­ness: A New Fron­tier at the upcom­ing Expe­ri­en­tial Tech­nol­o­gy and Neu­roGam­ing Con­fer­ence (see pro­mo code below, if interested).

Pan­el descrip­tion: Well­ness dig­i­tal tech­nol­o­gy prod­ucts that claim to improve our cog­ni­tive and emo­tion­al health, [Read more…] about May 17–18th @ San Fran­cis­co: Expe­ri­en­tial Tech­nol­o­gy and Neu­roGam­ing Conference

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: cognitive-health, emotional-health, neuro, Neurogaming, neurotech, wellness

Next: How can virtual reality–while going mainstream–be used to promote cognition and experience?

May 11, 2015 by SharpBrains

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Vir­tu­al real­i­ty star­tups take users to anoth­er dimen­sion (CCTV America):

“Vir­tu­al real­i­ty has tak­en a leap for­ward this year with major com­pa­nies and numer­ous star­tups offer­ing tech­nolo­gies that take users to anoth­er dimen­sion. It’s actu­al­ly part of a grow­ing field called neu­rogam­ing – where all the sen­sa­tions of mind and body meet for an immer­sive expe­ri­ence. [Read more…] about Next: How can vir­tu­al reality–while going mainstream–be used to pro­mote cog­ni­tion and experience?

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: avatars, cognition, metaverse, Neurogaming, neurotech, non-invasive neurotech, patents, Second Life, virtual-reality

Neurotech to become pervasive within and beyond the medical domain

May 7, 2015 by SharpBrains

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Brain tech­nol­o­gy patents soar as com­pa­nies get inside peo­ple’s heads (Reuters):

“From ways to eaves­drop on brains and learn what adver­tise­ments excite con­sumers, to devices that alle­vi­ate depres­sion, the num­ber of U.S. patents award­ed for “neu­rotech­nol­o­gy” has soared since 2010, accord­ing to an analy­sis released on Wednes­day. [Read more…] about Neu­rotech to become per­va­sive with­in and beyond the med­ical domain

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: intellectual property, Neurogaming, neurotech, Neurotechnology, patents, pervasive, Pervasive Neurotechnology

First-ever Pervasive Neurotechnology Report finds 10,000+ Patent Filings Transforming Medicine, Entertainment and Business

May 6, 2015 by SharpBrains

– Nielsen, Advanced Neu­ro­mod­u­la­tion Sys­tems, Medtron­ic, Microsoft and Brain­lab emerge as lead­ing IP holders

Pervasive Neurotechnology Infographic 430wide

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San Fran­cis­co, CA– (May 6, 2015) – Sharp­Brains, the lead­ing mar­ket research firm track­ing applied neu­ro­science, unveiled today–at the 2015 Neu­roGam­ing Summit–a new 206-page report that, for the first time, ana­lyzes the major intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty trends in the Per­va­sive Neu­rotech­nol­o­gy indus­try: non-inva­sive, poten­tial­ly ubiq­ui­tous neu­rotech­nolo­gies, com­mer­cial­ly viable out­side major med­ical insti­tu­tions or research facilities.

“Through this report’s wide and deep analy­sis, Sharp­Brains has made anoth­er key con­tri­bu­tion to our under­stand­ing of the tools and tech­nolo­gies that are at the fore­front of the glob­al neu­rotech­nol­o­gy indus­try, and at the fore­front of tech­nol­o­gy over­all,” high­lights Zack Lynch, Exec­u­tive Direc­tor and Founder of the Neu­rotech­nol­o­gy Indus­try Orga­ni­za­tion.

Over the past two years [Read more…] about First-ever Per­va­sive Neu­rotech­nol­o­gy Report finds 10,000+ Patent Fil­ings Trans­form­ing Med­i­cine, Enter­tain­ment and Business

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Brainlab, electroencephalography, Medtronic, Microsoft, NASDAQ:MSFT, neuro-monitoring, neurocognitive training, Neurogaming, NeuroGaming Summit, Neurotechnology, Nielsen, NYSE:MDT, NYSE:NLSN, Pervasive Neurotechnology, transcranial stimulation

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