Trend: Esports teams harness cognitive tests to better match player to task and to identify training opportunities

By SharpBrains | June 15, 2022

I Took An Esports Brain Test. I’m Not Even Close to Being a Pro Gamer (CNET): Neu­rOlympics is a decep­tive­ly sim­ple test. The 60-minute assess­ment guides peo­ple through four uncom­pli­cat­ed video games. One involves remem­ber­ing dis­ap­pear­ing icons. Anoth­er is an exer­cise in rapid reac­tion time. A per­son­’s per­for­mance on the test is then run through an…

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Bayer to support 11 digital health startups, 5 of which are developing behavioral/ cognitive/ mental health solutions

By SharpBrains | October 15, 2019

_______________ Bay­er inks deals with eleven star­tups under G4A Dig­i­tal Health Part­ner­ships pro­gram (press release): “Bay­er announced today that the com­pa­ny has signed col­lab­o­ra­tion agree­ments with eleven dig­i­tal health star­tups. As part of the pro­gram, Bay­er will sup­port these start­up com­pa­nies aim­ing for longer-term col­lab­o­ra­tions to dri­ve for­ward the devel­op­ment of spe­cif­ic dig­i­tal solu­tions to…

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