skills

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Time for a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ eNewslet­ter, full of stim­u­lat­ing arti­cles and teasers. Hap­py Reading 🙂

New thinking:

• Let’s debunk ten brain myths that remain sur­pris­ing­ly popular
• DARPA launch­es Tar­get­ed Neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty Train­ing pro­gram to accel­er­ate cog­ni­tive skills training
• Under new CEO, Lumos­i­ty to expand brain train­ing plat­form with focus on applied skills and broad­er social, well­ness factors

New research:

• Mul­ti­ple fac­tors can con­tribute to mem­o­ry problems…and “get­ting old­er” is often not the main one
• High­er body mass index (BMI) linked to episod­ic mem­o­ry deficits in young adults
• New NFL con­cus­sion scan­dal: Is this the end of Amer­i­can foot­ball as a pop­u­lar youth sport?

New tools:

• We are at the dawn of the Per­va­sive Neu­rotech­nol­o­gy age — wit­ness the work by Nielsen, Microsoft, Posit Sci­ence, Jaw­bone, Accen­ture, Neu­roSky, Medtron­ic, GE and more (Note: full report avail­able at half-price until March 31st)
• EEG-aug­ment­ed brain train­ing shows promise as first-line treat­ment for ADHD
• Who knows more about improv­ing vision, a) the Fed­er­al Trade Com­mis­sion or b) 60+ vision scientists

Upcoming events:

• Webi­nar on April 21st: 50 Must-Know Facts to Har­ness Neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty & Tech­nol­o­gy For Bet­ter Brain Health (Note: Reg­is­tra­tion cov­ers the webi­nar AND 15+ hours of record­ings from 2015 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Summit–please join us!)
• San Fran­cis­co, April 6th: Explore the lat­est in Per­va­sive Neu­rotech­nol­o­gy @ NeuroTechSF

Fun brain teasers!

• Men­tal rota­tion exer­cise to chal­lenge your brain’s pari­etal lobe over the holidays
• Test your mem­o­ry and rea­son­ing skills with these Amer­i­can and inter­na­tion­al proverbs
• Quick, inter­ac­tive brain teas­er to test your cog­ni­tive flexibility

 

Cheers, and have a great Spring,

The Sharp­Brains Team