Registration is now closed @ Pervasive Neurotech Webinar, where the Digital Revolution meets the Human Brain

By SharpBrains | June 26, 2015

. Heads-up: Reg­is­tra­tion just closed for our webi­nar on how the Dig­i­tal Rev­o­lu­tion is meet­ing the Human Brain, build­ing on the new report Per­va­sive Neu­rotech­nol­ogy: A Ground­break­ing Analy­sis of 10,000+ Patent Fil­ings Trans­form­ing Med­i­cine, Health, Enter­tain­ment and Busi­ness. –> To learn more about the webi­nar and report, click HERE. Reg­is­tered par­tic­i­pants so far include inno­va­tors at IBM, Medtronic,…

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127 scientists challenge the purported brain training “consensus” released by the Stanford Center for Longevity

By SharpBrains | December 17, 2014

— Sci­en­tists to Stan­ford: Research Shows Brain Exer­cis­es Can Work (Press release): “A group of 127 sci­en­tists sent an “open let­ter” to the Stan­ford Cen­ter for Longevi­ty, today, in reac­tion to a recent state­ment by the cen­ter that was high­ly crit­i­cal of the emerg­ing sci­ence of brain train­ing and dero­gat­ed the effi­ca­cy of all brain…

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Meet the 16 Judges of the 2010 Brain Fitness Innovation Awards

By Alvaro Fernandez | May 4, 2010

We are hon­ored to count on such a dis­tin­guished, inter­dis­ci­pli­nary and for­ward-look­ing Inno­va­tion Awards Judg­ing Pan­el (please judge for your­self!), thanks to the par­tic­i­pa­tion of: Baba Shiv, Pro­fes­sor at Stan­ford Busi­ness School, con­ducts research on con­sumer deci­sion mak­ing and deci­sion neu­ro­science, with spe­cif­ic empha­sis on the neu­ro­log­i­cal under­pin­nings of emo­tion and moti­va­tion in deci­sion mak­ing. His…

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Corporate Wellness Programs start to include Brain Health

By Alvaro Fernandez | May 30, 2009

Brain-fit­­ness games join work­place, as well as senior cen­ter, arse­nals (Mar­ket­Watch) — “Con­sumers and retire­ment homes have made brain-fit­­ness games and exer­cis­es a com­mer­cial hit, but now some insur­ers and employ­ers are incor­po­rat­ing them into well­ness pro­grams that pro­mote health not just for the body but also for the mind.” — “Improv­ing brain health can result…

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Stanford and Max Planck on Mental Fitness

By Alvaro Fernandez | May 8, 2009

Stan­ford Issues Find­ings from Cog­ni­tive and Brain Experts Urg­ing Con­sumer Cau­tion on Mem­o­ry Fit­ness Prod­ucts (press release) — “Fear of mem­o­ry loss, men­tal impair­ment and Alzheimer’s dis­ease lead many con­sumers to search for prod­ucts — from sup­ple­ments to soft­ware — that claim to ward off such ail­ments,” Lau­ra L. Carstensen, found­ing direc­tor of the Stanford…

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