Posit-Science

Posit Science ranked #6 Holder of Pervasive Neurotech Intellectual Property*

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posit science logoNow in its twelfth year, Posit Sci­ence con­tin­ues to offer cog­ni­tive train­ing soft­ware through its web-based prod­uct, Brain­HQ. Posit’s mis­sion is to help aging adults remain sharp by exer­cis­ing cog­ni­tive abil­i­ties, staving off the nat­ur­al men­tal decline after the age of 50. In addi­tion to its Brain­HQ prod­uct line, [Read more…] about Posit Sci­ence ranked #6 Hold­er of Per­va­sive Neu­rotech Intel­lec­tu­al Property*

Upcoming market report on Pervasive Neurotechnology

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market reportJust a quick heads-up to the Sharp­Brains com­mu­ni­ty: we are wrap­ping up a com­pre­hen­sive mar­ket report on Per­va­sive Neu­rotech­nolo­gies (non-inva­sive, scal­able, poten­tial­ly ubiq­ui­tous). To learn when it becomes avail­able, keep tuned via our e‑Newsletter.

See below, in alpha­bet­i­cal order, a few of the orga­ni­za­tions to be pro­filed in the report, giv­en their rel­e­vant intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty port­fo­lios (pri­mar­i­ly patents). [Read more…] about Upcom­ing mar­ket report on Per­va­sive Neurotechnology

Study: For healthy older adults, social brain training offers the most clear benefits

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If Home Brain Train­ing Apps Don’t Work, What Does? (Health­line):

“In a study pub­lished online Nov. 18 in PLOS Med­i­cine, Aus­tralian researchers reviewed 52 pre­vi­ous stud­ies that looked at the ben­e­fits of com­put­er­ized brain train­ing soft­ware for 4,885 healthy seniors. While brain train­ing pro­grams like Lumos­i­ty, Cogmed, and Posit Sci­ence promise to help you strength­en your brain, the new study found most­ly small benefits.

The largest impact [Read more…] about Study: For healthy old­er adults, social brain train­ing offers the most clear benefits

Out: crossword puzzles. In: digital cognitive assessments and training

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brain_mindDo brain games work? (The Boston Globe):

“There’s intense interest?—?and the poten­tial for big money?—?in the world of brain games. Lumosity…claims 60 mil­lion users…The mar­ket for Lumos­i­ty and com­peti­tors like Cogmed and Posit Sci­ence is grow­ing 25 per­cent a year, accord­ing to Sharp­Brains, a neu­ro-well­ness research firm. [Read more…] about Out: cross­word puz­zles. In: dig­i­tal cog­ni­tive assess­ments and training

Transcript: Q&A with Alvaro Fernandez about The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness

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Alvaro Fernandez
Alvaro Fer­nan­dez

You can now read the full tran­script of yes­ter­day’s Q&A ses­sion on a vari­ety of brain health and fit­ness top­ics, from mem­o­ry improve­ment to heart rate mon­i­tors, exer­cise, med­i­ta­tion, “Grain Brain,” brain train­ing, and more. A cou­ple of good exchanges:

Ques­tion by Stephen Jepson
What spe­cif­ic phys­i­cal activ­i­ties con­tribute to the great­est changes in the brain in the short­est peri­od of time? Once the neu­ro­ge­n­e­sis and neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty that results from those changes has occurred what must one do to main­tain that growth? [Read more…] about Tran­script: Q&A with Alvaro Fer­nan­dez about The Sharp­Brains Guide to Brain Fitness

The big picture about Lumosity, Posit Science and Emotiv

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You can now enjoy the slide deck from this ses­sion, which took place at the 2013 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit (Sep­tem­ber 19–20th). [Read more…] about The big pic­ture about Lumos­i­ty, Posit Sci­ence and Emotiv