Update: The Neurotech Revolution Could Lead To ‘Frankenstein’ Brains. Here’s How We Avoid It

By SharpBrains | August 31, 2017

__________ Time for Sharp­Brains’ August e‑newsletter, this time start­ing with a con­ver­sa­tion whose time has come… New think­ing: Year 2030, your col­lege-age daugh­ter, who has nor­mal hear­ing, has been pound­ing on you to get the lat­est hear­ing aid that allows one to can­cel out noise on demand, ampli­fy select­ed ambi­ent con­ver­sa­tions at will, and can eas­i­ly connect…

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“Our health starts and ends with brain health” — Dr. Sandra Bond Chapman, at the 2016 SharpBrains Virtual Summit

By SharpBrains | July 7, 2017

Improve edu­ca­tion, pro­duc­tiv­i­ty and health via brain enhance­ment from Sharp­Brains Experts at the lead­ing edge of brain sci­ence and tech­nol­o­gy shared best prac­tices to link brain health and men­tal health with wider pri­or­i­ties such as edu­ca­tion­al out­comes, work­place per­for­mance and resilience, life­long learn­ing, gen­er­al hap­pi­ness and well-being.

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Mental Health Innovation and Dr. Tom Insel: from the NIMH to Google/ Verily Life Sciences to Startup Mindstrong

By SharpBrains | May 24, 2017

— For­mer Alpha­bet exec is work­ing on an idea to detect men­tal health dis­or­ders by how you type on your phone (CNBC): “Can a smart­phone detect whether a user is sui­ci­dal or depressed? That’s the promise of an explod­ing num­ber of men­tal health entre­pre­neurs, who are explor­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties to mon­i­tor users’ smart­phone behav­ior to detect…

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Please help us spread the word about neuroplasticity & brain health innovation

By SharpBrains | April 13, 2017

— Hun­dreds of com­pa­nies around the globe–now includ­ing Elon Musk’s Neu­ralink and even Facebook–are research­ing and devel­op­ing new ways to help brain own­ers be smarter, sharp­er, and health­i­er. What explains this flur­ry of activ­i­ty? Where may it be head­ed? To help you under­stand what’s going on, let me high­light five key facts that emerged from the…

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Update: Study Debunks Four Common Myths About Brain Training and Lifelong Cognitive Enhancement

By SharpBrains | February 24, 2017

— Time for a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter explor­ing the lat­est in brain health. New research: Study debunks 4 com­mon myths about brain train­ing and life­long cog­ni­tive enhance­ment Don’t over­look sleep dif­fi­cul­ties in chil­dren with ADHD; they may impair func­tion­ing as much as ADHD itself Cog­ni­tive Behav­ioral Ther­a­py (CBT), not med­ica­tion, dri­ves long-term rewiring of the…

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Empowering communities with better brain health tools and literacy

By SharpBrains | December 22, 2016

Empow­er com­mu­ni­ties with bet­ter brain health tools and lit­er­a­cy from Sharp­Brains What role should com­mu­ni­ty and care­givers play in brain health and men­tal health, and how can tech­nol­o­gy aid their efforts–for exam­ple in shar­ing rel­e­vant data with/ from doc­tors? How are we going to edu­cate and empow­er every­one with essen­tial knowl­edge and best prac­tices? Chair:…

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