On cognitive reframing and biases, stress, mental health tech, Aduhelm backlash, Britney Spears, and more

By SharpBrains | August 31, 2021

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing this time nine sci­en­tif­ic reports and indus­try devel­op­ments to help pro­mote life­long brain and men­tal health. #1. To low­er stress lev­els and improve prob­lem-solv­ing, prac­tice cog­ni­tive refram­ing instead of vent­ing “… vent­ing like­ly doesn’t soothe anger as much as aug­ment it. That’s because encour­ag­ing peo­ple to…

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Neurotech start-up Paradromics raises $20M to address brain-related disorders via next-gen brain-computer interfaces

By SharpBrains | August 11, 2021 |

Neu­ralink Com­peti­tor Rais­es $20 Mil­lion for Brain Implants (Bloomberg): A com­peti­tor to Elon Musk’s Neu­ralink said it raised $20 mil­lion, enough to get it on track to intro­duce a new gen­er­a­tion of pow­er­ful and tiny elec­trodes to the human brain. Paradromics Inc., found­ed in 2015 about a year ahead of Neu­ralink, is build­ing brain-com­put­er inter­faces that…

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