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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Latest brain research, tools and teasers to think outside the mental health status quo box

By SharpBrains | February 26, 2020

__ Time for a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing a range of  research find­ings, resources, brain teasers and rid­dles to help trans­late emerg­ing neu­ro­science into real-world appli­ca­tions and improve our col­lec­tive brain & men­tal health. New think­ing: Neu­ro­science tips about grat­i­tude, aging, pain and the brain: An inter­view with Dr. Daniel Lev­itin What’s normal?…

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Important insights on the growing home use of tDCS brain stimulation: older-than-expected users, positive self-reported results for treatment of depression but negative for self-enhancement, and a couple areas of concern (severe burns, frequency)

By SharpBrains | January 18, 2018

___ At the 2017 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit last month, researcher and sci­ence writer Dr. Anna Wexler dis­cussed some fas­ci­nat­ing insights from her sur­vey of 339 home (or “do-it-your­­self”) users of tDCS (tran­scra­nial direct cur­rent stim­u­la­tion) devices. The sur­vey results have just been pub­lished in the Jour­nal of Cog­ni­tive Enhance­ment (details below), and pro­vide a use­ful win­dow into who…

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Neural Analytics raises $15M to commercialize non-invasive, ultrasound-based, brain health monitoring device

By SharpBrains | January 8, 2018

___ Neur­al Ana­lyt­ics, Inc. Rais­es $15 Mil­lion in Series B Financ­ing (press release): “Neur­al Ana­lyt­ics, Inc., a med­ical device com­pa­ny devel­op­ing and com­mer­cial­iz­ing tech­nol­o­gy to mea­sure, diag­nose, and track brain health, today announced that it has raised $15 mil­lion in Series B financ­ing led by Alpha Edison

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Study: Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) can reduce fatigue in patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

By SharpBrains | October 6, 2017

  _______________ Tran­scra­nial Direct Cur­rent Stim­u­la­tion Shown to Reduce Fatigue Asso­ci­at­ed with Mul­ti­ple Scle­ro­sis (NYU Lagone Health press release): “Peo­ple with mul­ti­ple scle­ro­sis (MS) who under­went a non-inva­­sive form of elec­tri­cal brain stim­u­la­tion expe­ri­enced sig­nif­i­cant reduc­tions in fatigue, a com­mon and often debil­i­tat­ing symp­tom of the disease

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Master the digital toolkit to harness lifelong neuroplasticity

By SharpBrains | December 2, 2016

—– We’re look­ing for­ward to many great ses­sions at the vir­tu­al sum­mit next week…this is one of our favorites, Wednes­day, Decem­ber 7th — Mas­ter the dig­i­tal toolk­it to har­ness life­long neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty. Four lead­ing pio­neers of applied neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty will help us nav­i­gate best prac­tices to har­ness most promis­ing non-inva­­sive neu­rotech­nolo­gies, such as cog­ni­tive train­ing, mind­ful­ness apps, EEG and…

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