Mindstrong Health identifies digital biomarkers of cognitive function using smartphone data

By SharpBrains | April 13, 2018

___ mHealth Research on Men­tal Health Taps Into One’s Tap­ping Habits (mHealth Intel­li­gence): “Health­care providers look­ing to use mHealth in behav­ioral health treat­ment have long strug­gled to make the tech­nol­o­gy unob­tru­sive. But recent research sug­gests that remote mon­i­tor­ing of peo­ple with men­tal health issues could be done by ana­lyz­ing their smart­phone habits. A recent report…

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Evidence review finds that computer-based cognitive training can significantly improve memory in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS)

By SharpBrains | April 6, 2018

___ Com­put­er-Based Cog­ni­tive Train­ing Improves Mem­o­ry Domains in Mul­ti­ple Scle­ro­sis (Neu­rol­o­gy Advi­sor): “Com­put­er-based cog­ni­tive train­ing may assist in improv­ing mem­o­ry in patients with mul­ti­ple scle­ro­sis (MS), accord­ing to a sys­tem­at­ic review pub­lished in Mul­ti­ple Scle­ro­sis and Relat­ed Dis­or­ders. A total of 9 stud­ies report­ing the use of com­put­er-based cog­ni­tive train­ing in patients with MS were…

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Psych testing of executive functions may predict soccer success

By SharpBrains | April 6, 2012

Psych test­ing may pre­dict soc­cer suc­cess (UPI): — “Psy­cho­log­i­cal test­ing could pre­dict the suc­cess of soc­cer play­ers by mea­sur­ing a cog­ni­tive phe­nom­e­non called “exec­u­tive func­tions,” Euro­pean researchers say.” — “Sci­en­tists at Swe­den’s Karolin­s­ka Insti­tute say they may have found the psy­cho­log­i­cal key to what has pre­vi­ous­ly been described as “game intel­li­gence” in suc­cess­ful soc­cer players.”…

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