Will digital therapeutics complement or replace stimulant medications to address inattention and “silent” cognitive issues?

___ Akili Inter­ac­tive: Dig­i­tal pedi­atric ADHD ther­a­peu­tic per­forms well with or with­out accom­pa­ny­ing stim­u­lant ther­a­py (Mobi­Health News): “Dig­i­tal ther­a­peu­tic com­pa­ny Akili Inter­ac­tive has announced the first results of an open-label, mul­ti­site pedi­atric ADHD tri­al pro­vid­ing some patients with the company’s video game-like treat­ment along­side a stim­u­lant med­ica­tion. Accord­ing to the com­pa­ny, both those who received…

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Neurotech seen at CES 2020: BrainCo prosthetic hand, Urgonight, Alpha-Stim X, NIRSIT Lite, Muse S and FocusFit

___ Brain tech is here: These gad­gets from CES 2020 rely on your brain­waves to work (CNET): “The futur­is­tic promise of tech devices that use brain waves to improve sleep, anx­i­ety and con­cen­tra­tion — and even con­trol pros­thet­ic hands — may final­ly be com­ing to fruition, with a slew of new prod­ucts on dis­play at…

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10 Non-invasive Neurotechnologies About to Transform Brain Enhancement and Brain Health

. 30,000+ sci­en­tists and pro­fes­sion­als gath­ered for the annu­al Soci­ety for Neu­ro­science con­fer­ence in Chica­go last month, prov­ing the grow­ing inter­est and activ­i­ties to bet­ter under­stand the inner work­ings of the human brain, and to dis­cov­er ways and tech­nolo­gies to enhance its health and per­for­mance. Now, which of all those ongo­ing efforts are clos­er to touch­ing our lives,…

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Update: To improve memory and thinking, try the Mediterranean diet with added olive oil and nuts

. Time for Sharp­Brains’ May e‑newsletter, wrap­ping up this month’s key brain and mind stud­ies, per­va­sive neu­rotech­nol­ogy news, and brain fit­ness insights. New research: To improve mem­o­ry and think­ing skills, try the Mediter­ranean diet with added olive oil and nuts Sports-relat­ed con­cus­sions can impact aca­d­e­m­ic per­for­mance, espe­cial­ly in high school Sci­en­tists issue a call to action for TBI patients…

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In the news: How non-invasive neurotechnology will enhance work and life

. Our new report is mak­ing the media rounds… Reuters: Brain tech­nol­o­gy patents soar as com­pa­nies get inside peo­ple’s heads From ways to eaves­drop on brains and learn what adver­tise­ments excite con­sumers, to devices that alle­vi­ate depres­sion, the num­ber of U.S. patents award­ed for “neu­rotech­nol­o­gy” has soared since 2010, accord­ing to an analy­sis released on Wednes­day. “Neu­rotech has…

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