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Neurogaming

Next: NeuroGaming conference + ESCoNS Summit in San Francisco

April 27, 2015 by SharpBrains

NeuroGaming-2015.

Heads-up about a great upcom­ing event. The Neu­roGam­ing 2015 Con­fer­ence and Expo on May 6–7 is the place where mind and body meet game play, where neu­rogame devel­op­ers share the lat­est emo­tion­al, cog­ni­tive, sen­so­ry and behav­ioral tech­nolo­gies to cre­ate com­pelling expe­ri­ences to engage and enter­tain gamers world­wide. New this year — ESCoNS Pre-con­fer­ence Sum­mit,  to take a deep dive on aca­d­e­m­i­cal­ly rig­or­ous research into the future of ther­a­peu­tic neu­rogames for brain dis­or­ders. [Read more…] about Next: Neu­roGam­ing con­fer­ence + ESCoNS Sum­mit in San Francisco

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Filed Under: Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Advanced Brain Monitoring, Brain-Fitness, Brain-Resource-Company, cognitive gaming, ESCoNS, ESCoNS 2015, Gaming, Halo Neuroscience, Honeywell Labs, Neurofeedback, neurogame, Neurogaming, Neurogaming 2015, Neurogaming conference 2015, neurotechnologies, pervasive, pervasive neurotechnologies, sharpbrains, transcranial electrical stimulation

Update: To succeed at school, children with ADHD need both medication and non-medication treatments

March 31, 2015 by SharpBrains

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Time for Sharp­Brains’ March e‑newsletter, wrap­ping up this mon­th’s key neu­ro­science stud­ies, neu­rotech­nol­ogy news and brain fit­ness insights.

Upcoming events

  • May 2015 Online Course: How to Nav­i­gate Con­ven­tion­al and Com­ple­men­tary ADHD Treat­ments for Healthy Brain Development
  • Neu­roGam­ing + ESCoNS Sum­mit 2015 (May 5–7; San Francisco)

New research

  • To improve aca­d­e­m­ic out­comes, chil­dren with ADHD need both med­ica­tion and non-med­ica­tion treatments
  • Enhanc­ing brain func­tion­ing, and pre­vent­ing cog­ni­tive decline, via diet, exer­cise and cog­ni­tive training
  • An inno­v­a­tive tele­health ser­vice to pro­vide high qual­i­ty ADHD treatment
  • New ways to detect and treat “chemo brain” symp­toms com­mon in around 35% of breast can­cer survivors

New tools

  • FDA-cleared mobile brain mon­i­tor­ing tools to detect cog­ni­tive impairment
  • Non-inva­sive brain stim­u­la­tion meets nanotechnology
  • Brain waves help pre­dict stress-relat­ed sleep problems
  • Dig­i­tal health–with a brain twist–sees increased mil­i­tary adoption
  • Track­ing brain games’ data to mea­sure cog­ni­tive and emo­tion­al traits?
  • Upcom­ing mar­ket report on Per­va­sive Neurotechnology

 

Enjoy the spring!

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Filed Under: Attention & ADD/ADHD, Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: adhd, brain, Brain Monitoring, Brain-Fitness, brain-functioning, Brain-games, chemo-brain, cognitive-decline, Cognitive-Training, medication, Neurogaming, Neurotechnology

Upcoming event: NeuroGaming + ESCoNS Summit 2015 (May 5–7; San Francisco)

March 30, 2015 by SharpBrains

NeuroGaming-2015.

Heads-up about a great upcom­ing event. The Neu­roGam­ing 2015 Con­fer­ence and Expo on May 6–7 is the place where mind and body meet game play, where neu­rogame devel­op­ers share the lat­est emo­tion­al, cog­ni­tive, sen­so­ry and behav­ioral tech­nolo­gies to cre­ate com­pelling expe­ri­ences to engage and enter­tain gamers world­wide. New this year — ESCoNS Pre-con­fer­ence Sum­mit,  to take a deep dive on aca­d­e­m­i­cal­ly rig­or­ous research into the future of ther­a­peu­tic neu­rogames for brain dis­or­ders. [Read more…] about Upcom­ing event: Neu­roGam­ing + ESCoNS Sum­mit 2015 (May 5–7; San Francisco)

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Filed Under: Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Advanced Brain Monitoring, Brain-Fitness, Brain-Resource-Company, cognitive gaming, ESCoNS, ESCoNS 2015, Gaming, Halo Neuroscience, Honeywell Labs, Neurofeedback, neurogame, Neurogaming, Neurogaming 2015, Neurogaming conference 2015, neurotechnologies, pervasive, pervasive neurotechnologies, sharpbrains, transcranial electrical stimulation

Upgrading Education and Health in light of Neuroscience: The Frontier of Gaming?

July 21, 2014 by SharpBrains

SharpBrainsGuide_London—

We had a great event last Thurs­day in Lon­don to dis­cuss the future of applied neu­ro­science and gam­ing. Thank you, Brainbow/ Peak team, for host­ing us, and Strate­gic North for help­ing pro­mote it! [Read more…] about Upgrad­ing Edu­ca­tion and Health in light of Neu­ro­science: The Fron­tier of Gaming?

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: behaviour, Brain-Training, brain-training-games, Brainbow, Gaming, Neurogaming, neuroscience, Peak, World-Economic-Forum

Upcoming neurogaming conference in San Francisco

March 27, 2013 by Alvaro Fernandez

NeuroGamingQuick heads-up: Ear­ly-bird reg­is­tra­tion to the first Neu­rogam­ing con­fer­ence expires on April 1st, 2013. Check out the agen­da now and see if you want to join a great ros­ter of indus­try speak­ers. I’ll be run­ning this ses­sion on May 1st:

Think, Think, Think: Cog­ni­tive Gam­ing Plat­forms. This pan­el will dis­cuss how break­through tech­nolo­gies like tran­scra­nial direct cur­rent stim­u­la­tion, ultra­sonic brain stim­u­la­tion, eye track­ing, and [Read more…] about Upcom­ing neu­rogam­ing con­fer­ence in San Francisco

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Advanced Brain Monitoring, brain sim­u­la­tion, cog­ni­tive per­for­mance, cognitive gaming, eye track­ing, Foc.us, Intific, lumos-labs, Neurogaming, NeuroMatters, san-francisco, tran­scra­nial direct cur­rent stim­u­la­tion, ultra­sonic brain stim­u­la­tion

Upcoming talks: ESCoNS2, Harvard, WEF, Neurogaming, mesh13

February 22, 2013 by Alvaro Fernandez

speakerHeads up: these are some of the talks I’ll be giv­ing over the next few months. If you’re a Sharp­Brains friend and speak­ing at/ attend­ing any, please let me know so we can connect.

> March 15–17, Los Ange­les: Mar­riage of Sci­ence & Indus­try — How to cre­ate a sus­tain­able busi­ness mod­el that proves end-user val­ue, at ESCoNS2 (Enter­tain­ment Soft­ware and Cog­ni­tive Neu­rother­a­peu­tics Society)

> April 1st, Boston: Health from the Neck Up, a guest lec­ture at Har­vard exten­sion course Mind, Brain, Health, and Edu­ca­tion (MBHE): The Sci­ences of Devel­op­ment, Learn­ing, and Well-being

> April 23–25, Lima, Peru: World Eco­nom­ic Forum on Latin Amer­i­ca 2013

> May 1–2, San Fran­cis­co: Think, Think, Think: Cog­ni­tive Gam­ing Plat­forms, at Neu­rogam­ing

> May 15–16, Toron­to:  The Web as a Gym for the Brain, at mesh13  [Read more…] about Upcom­ing talks: ESCoNS2, Har­vard, WEF, Neu­rogam­ing, mesh13

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: brain, cognitive, ESCoNS2, Harvard, health, mesh13, Neurogaming, web

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