Welcome to the Ultimate Neuroscience Lab: Your Smartphone

By SharpBrains | September 30, 2021

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing this time six sci­en­tif­ic reports and indus­try resources plus a fun illu­sion. #1. Top 10 Men­tal Health Inno­va­tions to Watch: Spe­cial SciAm/ WEF report Hop­ing you enjoy the great series over at Sci­en­tif­ic Amer­i­can and espe­cial­ly #7, titled Wel­come to the Ulti­mate Neu­ro­science Lab: Your Smartphone,…

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Quick brain teaser to prove the limits of multitasking

By Dr. Pascale Michelon | August 21, 2020

How often do you dis­cuss office gos­sip via chat while par­tic­i­pat­ing in a Zoom meet­ing? Or read a great arti­cle while talk­ing on the phone with a client? Or, wait, think about work prob­lems while help­ing your child with home­work? Yup, it is not easy to stay focused and be tru­ly productive. 

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Quick brain teaser to determine your stress levels

By Caroline Latham | August 26, 2019

____________________ Are you ready for Mon­day and the new work­week? Here’s a quick test to assess your stress lev­els. Please read this para­graph care­ful­ly before click­ing on the link below. The pic­ture below was used in a case study on stress lev­els at St. Jude’s Hospital. 

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Update: Why monitoring Typing Cadence may help detect early Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s Disease

By SharpBrains | January 25, 2018

_____ Time for Sharp­Brains’ first eNewslet­ter in 2018, offer­ing a fas­ci­nat­ing sneek peek into the rapid­ly grow­ing toolk­it to mea­sure and improve brain health.  (And don’t miss the fun teas­er at the end!) New think­ing: Brain­no­va­tions Win­ner Jan Samzelius on why mon­i­tor­ing Typ­ing Cadence may help detect ear­ly Parkin­son’s and Alzheimer’s Dis­ease Firms Race to Find…

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Test your stress level with this quick brain teaser

By Caroline Latham | July 4, 2014 |

Here’s a quick test to deter­mine your stress lev­el.  Read the fol­low­ing descrip­tion com­pletely before look­ing at the pic­ture linked below. The pic­ture was used in a case study on stress lev­els at St. Mary’s Hos­pi­tal. Look at both dol­phins jump­ing out of the water. The dol­phins are essen­tial­ly iden­ti­cal. A close­ly mon­i­tored, sci­en­tific study revealed that,…

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