Here’s a toast to a Healthy, Happy & Meaningful New Year!

By SharpBrains | December 31, 2020

And, if you’re look­ing for New Year Res­o­lu­tions, here you can find some inspi­ra­tion and ideas…  1. To har­ness neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty, start with enthu­si­asm 2. How learn­ing changes your brain 3. What you should know about neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty and dance 4. Three ways to pro­tect your men­tal health dur­ing –and after– COVID-19 5. Can you grow your hip­pocam­pus? Yes. Here’s…

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Update: Understanding Brain Health via Cosmological Health, and vice versa

By SharpBrains | December 29, 2020

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing fas­ci­nat­ing find­ings, books and resources for life­long brain health. #1. “The human brain (sec­tion; left image above) func­tions thanks to its wide neu­ronal net­work that is deemed to con­tain approx­i­mate­ly 69 bil­lion neu­rons. On the oth­er hand, the observ­able uni­verse (sec­tion sim­u­la­tion; right image) can count…

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What will the ‘Peloton for mental health’ look like five years from now? And, who will develop it?

By SharpBrains | October 23, 2020

Mind­Labs rais­es £1.4M for its new plat­form, a ‘Pelo­ton for men­tal health’ (TechCrunch): Ide­al­ly, men­tal well­ness should be con­sid­ered part of a healthy dai­ly rou­tine, like exer­cise. But even exer­cise is dif­fi­cult to turn into a reg­u­lar habit. Pelo­ton addressed phys­i­cal fit­ness by com­bin­ing smart sta­tion­ary bikes with live class­es and com­mu­ni­ty fea­tures to create…

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