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Mindstrong Health identifies digital biomarkers of cognitive function using smartphone data

April 13, 2018 by SharpBrains

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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 in the jour­nal NPJ Dig­i­tal Med­i­cine sug­gests that a smart­phone app that col­lects user activ­i­ty in the back­ground can help tele­men­tal health­care providers mea­sure that user’s dai­ly habits and detect when those habits devi­ate. By com­bin­ing [Read more…] about Mind­strong Health iden­ti­fies dig­i­tal bio­mark­ers of cog­ni­tive func­tion using smart­phone data

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: assess cognitive function, Behavioral Health, cognitive-function, digital, digital biomarkers, healthcare, mental healthcare, mHealth, Mindstrong Health, neuropsychological, neuropsychological assessment, passive monitoring, smartphone, smartphone use

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

April 6, 2018 by SharpBrains

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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 includ­ed in [Read more…] about Evi­dence review finds that com­put­er-based cog­ni­tive train­ing can sig­nif­i­cant­ly improve mem­o­ry in patients with mul­ti­ple scle­ro­sis (MS)

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Cognitive-Training, Computer-based cognitive rehabilitation, meta-analysis, multiple-sclerosis, neuropsychological, neuropsychological assessment, Neuropsychological performance, Systematic review

Psych testing of executive functions may predict soccer success

April 6, 2012 by SharpBrains

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.”

Study: Exec­u­tive Func­tions Pre­dict the Suc­cess of Top-Soc­cer Play­ers. (PLoS ONE) [Read more…] about Psych test­ing of exec­u­tive func­tions may pre­dict soc­cer success

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Filed Under: Education & Lifelong Learning, Peak Performance Tagged With: cognitive, cognitive traits, Executive-Functions, neuropsychological, neuropsychological assessment, soccer

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