Posts Tagged ‘Transcranial-direct-current-stimulation’
Update: To improve memory and thinking, try the Mediterranean diet with added olive oil and nuts
. Time for SharpBrains’ May e‑newsletter, wrapping up this month’s key brain and mind studies, pervasive neurotechnology news, and brain fitness insights. New research: To improve memory and thinking skills, try the Mediterranean diet with added olive oil and nuts Sports-related concussions can impact academic performance, especially in high school Scientists issue a call to action for TBI patients…
Read MoreWill consumer-led transcranial direct current stimulation revolutionize or hurt mental health?
. Therapy Borne on Electrical Currents (The New York Times): “…This is Thync, the latest in transcranial direct current stimulation, or tDCS. The manufacturer says the device, to come out later this year, can alter the user’s mood in minutes via electric current
Read MoreOpen question: Can coffee & Ritalin’s mental effects be delivered, safely, over a smartphone?
. Will 2015 be the year our smartphones link up to our brains? (Popular Science): “Thync bills itself first and foremost as a neuroscience company. Its sole product—slated for release later this year—is a smartphone-controlled wearable device that will allow the user to actively alter his or her brain’s electrical state through transcranial direct current…
Read MoreUpdate: 40% of ADHD diagnoses, 70% of treatment plans, fall short of AAP guidelines
Time for SharpBrains’ December e‑newsletter, featuring a wide range of insights on brain health and innovation, and a deep analysis of this new study that found large gaps between research and practice in ADHD diagnosis and treatment. Did you know, for example, that over 40% of diagnoses, and over 70% of the treatment plans, fall short of…
Read MoreTranscranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) as depression treatment: much promise, some DIY risks
Around 350 million people worldwide have depression. Antidepressant medications are often prescribed to treat the condition, alongside talking therapies and lifestyle changes such as regular exercise. But a substantial proportion of people either don’t respond to antidepressants, or experience such significant side effects that they’d prefer not to take them. In search of
Read MoreStart-up Thync raises $13 million to market transcranial stimulation via consumer wearable
— Thync gets $13 million to send electric currents to your brain (SFGate): “Thync, a Los Gatos startup, is working on a wearable that’s a little different from most: it would send fine electric currents through the brain to alter users’ state of mind…some venture capitalists are on-board with the unusual vision: on Wednesday, it…
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