Next: Tools to detect and treat “chemo brain” symptoms common in around 35% of breast cancer survivors

By SharpBrains | March 23, 2015

UCLA study reveals treat­ment for women with breast can­cer suf­fer­ing cog­ni­tive dif­fi­cul­ties (Health­Canal): “UCLA researchers have devel­oped a pro­gram that could improve the day-to-day lives of women with breast can­cer by address­ing post-treat­­ment cog­ni­tive dif­fi­cul­ties, some­times known as “chemo brain,” which can affect up to 35 per­cent of women after their treatments

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To develop personalized brain training that works, gather and analyze big data

By SharpBrains | November 4, 2014

— The Brain-Games Conun­drum: Does Cog­ni­tive Train­ing Real­ly Sharp­en the Mind? (Cere­brum): “…the issue of what does and doesn’t work is complex…The crit­i­cal ques­tion is whether trans­fer of train­ing occurs. Does extend­ed prac­tice of the trained games result in gen­er­al per­cep­tu­al and cog­ni­tive improve­ments that boost per­for­mance of mean­ing­ful, real-life tasks such as dri­ving, remembering…

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New Speakers, Sponsor, Partners, for SharpBrains Summit

By Alvaro Fernandez | December 4, 2009

Our inau­gur­al Sharp­Brains Sum­mit con­tin­ues to grow momen­tum — here goes a quick update. New Speak­ers: Thomas M. War­den is Assis­tant Vice Pres­i­dent and Leader of Allstate’s Research and Plan­ning Cen­ter (ARPC). He helps sets ARPC’s research agen­da and man­age its exe­cu­tion by 60-mem­ber ARPC staff, lead­ing the devel­op­ment of sig­nif­i­cant inno­va­tions that con­tribute to…

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