The latest on brain health, neurotechnology, artificial intelligence and “never stop wondering”

By SharpBrains | January 29, 2021

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing a life well lived, the lat­est news on brain health and inno­va­tion, and some brain teasers in hon­or of Inter­na­tion­al Brain Teas­er Month. #1. Thank you, Sharon. We won’t. “Nev­er stop won­der­ing” — Sharon Beg­ley, sci­ence jour­nal­ist, RIP #2. Write injuries in sand, kind­ness­es in ____________. Milk the…

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Neurostimulation device GammaSense by Cognito Therapeutics secures FDA Breakthrough Device Designation to explore Alzheimer’s Disease applications

By SharpBrains | January 14, 2021

Cog­ni­to Ther­a­peu­tics nets FDA break­through label for light, sound ther­a­py for Alzheimer’s dis­ease (Fierce Biotech): Using spe­cif­ic fre­quen­cies of flash­ing lights and sounds to stim­u­late the brain’s elec­tri­cal activ­i­ty, Cog­ni­to Ther­a­peu­tics believes it can help treat Alzheimer’s dis­ease by ener­giz­ing neu­rons and reac­ti­vat­ing the immune system.

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Studies identify key ethical concerns raised by invasive and non-invasive neurotechnologies

By SharpBrains | November 23, 2020

Stud­ies out­line key eth­i­cal ques­tions sur­round­ing brain-com­put­er inter­face tech (NCSU release): Brain-com­put­er inter­face (BCI) tech­nolo­gies are no longer hypo­thet­i­cal, yet there are fun­da­men­tal aspects of the tech­nol­o­gy that remain unad­dressed by both ethi­cists and pol­i­­cy-mak­ers. Two new papers address these issues by out­lin­ing the out­stand­ing eth­i­cal issues, offer­ing guid­ance for address­ing those issues, and offering…

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Update: The placebo effect works even when people know they are taking a placebo

By Alvaro Fernandez | August 27, 2020

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing 14 research find­ings, resources and tips for brain health … and start­ing with this fas­ci­nat­ing study: #1. Wow. The place­bo effect works even when peo­ple know they are tak­ing a place­bo #2. Beat­ing Alzheimer’s Dis­ease will require a com­bined physical/ men­tal approach: From the ten fac­tors found…

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Air Force announces research platform to harness closed-loop neurotechnology and accelerate learning “on the fly”

By SharpBrains | August 18, 2020

Air Force Neu­rotech­nol­o­gy Part­ner­ship Aims to Accel­er­ate Learn­ing (Mil­i­tary Spot): The Indi­vid­u­al­ized Neur­al Learn­ing Sys­tem, or iNeu­raLS, is a new aug­ment­ed learn­ing plat­form that will enable rapid learn­ing by closed-loop mod­u­la­tion of cog­ni­tive states dur­ing skill acqui­si­tion. Essen­tial­ly, the AFRL team seeks to devel­op a capa­bil­i­ty that will give Air­men the abil­i­ty to rapid­ly acquire knowledge…

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Explore The State of Noninvasive Neurotechnology in 37 minutes and 1 image

By Fundación Innovación Bankinter | June 11, 2020

? Heads-up: The record­ings for the webi­nar on The State of Non­in­va­sive Neu­rotech­nol­o­gy, held on May 19th, are already avail­able on YouTube. Dr. Ricar­do Gil-da-Cos­­ta (above) and Alvaro Fer­nan­dez (below) gave an excel­lent out­look on the brain tech indus­try, with a deep look into apps and wear­ables and the capa­bil­i­ties that human brain could achieve.…

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