Robert Bilder: We are embarking on the next stage of human evolution

Robert Bilder

What is your cur­rent job title and orga­ni­za­tion, and what excites you the most about work­ing there?  I’m the Ten­nen­baum Fam­i­ly Pro­fes­sor of Cre­ativ­i­ty Research at UCLA’s Semel Insti­tute for Neu­ro­science & Human Behav­ior. The Semel Insti­tute and UCLA over­all are amaz­ing places to be involved in high­ly col­lab­o­ra­tive trans-dis­­­ci­­pli­­nary research. Please tell us about your…

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Learn more about the 2013 SharpBrains Summit & register today

The 2013 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit (Sept 19–20, 2013) will fea­ture over 30 of the world’s top sci­en­tists, inno­va­tors and deci­­sion-mak­ers work­ing on ways to enhance behav­ioral and brain health via neu­ro­­science-based inno­va­tion. Con­firmed Sum­mit Chairs and Speak­ers include 8 trail­blaz­ers named Young Glob­al Lead­ers by the World Eco­nom­ic Forum, and pio­neers at the Nation­al Science…

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Maximizing brain fitness and mental well-being improves both public health and individual quality of life

 We’re hav­ing a good con­ver­sa­tion among Sharp­Brains Sum­mit par­tic­i­pants, prompt­ed by the blog post Life­long brain well­ness and performance–not med­ical disease–drives grow­ing demand for dig­i­tal brain health solu­tions. In what is a beau­ti­ful exam­ple of the need to see both the for­est and the trees

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