Belén Guerra-Carrillo to speak about Cognition, Learning and How to Conduct a 200,000-participant Study at the 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit

By Alvaro Fernandez | September 8, 2017

Proud to con­firm a new excel­lent Speak­er @ 2017 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit (Decem­ber 5–7th). Belén Guer­ra-Car­ril­­lo is an NSF fel­low and a doc­tor­al stu­dent at UC Berke­ley in Prof. Sil­via Bunge’s Build­ing Blocks of Cog­ni­tion Lab. She is par­tic­u­lar­ly inter­est­ed in the neur­al and cog­ni­tive mech­a­nisms that give rise to changes that occur as a result of…

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) funds Neurotechnology Hubs and innovative tools to advance research on Brain & Behavior

By SharpBrains | August 2, 2017

  NSF issues awards to advance a nation­al research infra­struc­ture for neu­ro­science (press release by the Nation­al Sci­ence Foun­da­tion): “The Nation­al Sci­ence Foun­da­tion (NSF) has made 17 Next Gen­er­a­tion Net­works for Neu­ro­science (Neu­roNex) awards to aid the research com­mu­ni­ty as it pur­sues one of its grand­est chal­lenges: under­stand­ing the brain. These projects will sup­port the development…

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Harnessing big data and videogames to deliver personalized cognitive training

By SharpBrains | November 20, 2014

Har­ness­ing big data and videogames to deliv­er per­son­al­ized cog­ni­tive train­ing from Sharp­Brains Enjoy this great ses­sion held at the 2014 Sharp­Brains Vir­tual Sum­mit, fea­tur­ing: Dr. Joe Hardy, ?VP of R&D at Lumos Labs Mark Bax­ter, Head of Prod­uct (Fit­Brains) at Roset­ta Stone Ita­mar Lesu­isse, CEO of Peak Aki Niko­laidis, NSF Fel­low at the Uni­ver­sity of Illi­nois Cham­paign Urbana Chair:…

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Shaping the Brain Fitness Movement: Preliminary Summit Agenda unveiled

By SharpBrains | July 25, 2014

We are pleased to announce the Pre­lim­i­nary Agen­da for the 2014 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit (Octo­ber 28–30th, 2014), fea­tur­ing these world-class sci­en­tists, inno­va­tors and prac­ti­tion­ers (and more com­ing soon!). Please con­sid­er join­ing us: Dr. Adam Gaz­za­ley, Direc­tor of the Neu­ro­science Imag­ing Cen­ter at the Uni­ver­sity of Cal­i­for­nia, San Fran­cis­co Aki Niko­laidis, NSF Fel­low at the Uni­ver­sity of…

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BRAIN Initiative: New call to action amidst growing skepticism

By SharpBrains | February 25, 2014

A White House Call To Action to Advance the BRAIN Ini­tia­tive (press release): “Under this ini­tia­tive, Fed­er­al agen­cies such as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Nation­al Insti­tutes of Health (NIH), the Nation­al Sci­ence Foun­da­tion (NSF), and the Food and Drug Admin­is­tra­tion (FDA) are sup­port­ing the devel­op­ment and appli­ca­tion of inno­v­a­tive, new tech­nolo­gies that…

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NSF Smart and Connected Health Program Director to speak at 2013 SharpBrains Summit

By SharpBrains | June 12, 2013

Misha Pavel, PhD, is the Pro­gram Direc­tor in charge of the Nation­al Sci­ence Foun­da­tion’s Smart and Con­nected Health port­fo­lio, designed to accel­er­ate the devel­op­ment and use of inno­v­a­tive health­care approach­es that are pre­ven­tive, proac­tive, evi­­dence-based, per­­son-cen­tered and focused on well-being rather than dis­ease. Con­cur­rently, he has an appoint­ment as a Pro­fes­sor in the Depart­ment of Bio­med­ical Engi­neer­ing, and a…

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