Posts Tagged ‘videogame’
On building better brains at any age, treating Depression vs. Dementia, emerging neurotechnologies, psychedelics, and more
Welcome to a new edition of SharpBrains’ e‑newsletter, featuring eleven new research findings and innovative resources for lifelong cognitive and brain health. #1. Debate: Are depression and dementia two sides of the same coin? And, if they are, how to best approach treatment? #2. Either way, the earlier the better, but it’s never too late: New…
Read MoreAkili Interactive Labs raises $160M in equity and debt to transform cognitive healthcare via prescription videogame treatments
Akili raises $110m to build its digital therapeutics pipeline (pharmaforum): EndeavorRx became the first and so far only approved prescription video game treatment in the US when it was cleared by the FDA last year to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and has also been given a green light in Europe.
Read MoreCan biofeedback-based videogames help children better manage stress? Magellan Health and Mightier secure $2 million NIMH grant to investigate
Mightier and Magellan Health Launch NIMH-Funded Research to Improve Outcomes in Children’s Mental Health through the Use of Video Games (press release): Mightier, provider of a ground-breaking video game system for teaching children emotional regulation, today announced the company has been awarded a $2 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to…
Read MoreMagellan Health is testing biofeedback videogame Mightier to help children better self-regulate stress and behavioral health
Magellan Health piloting Mightier’s video game platform for emotional regulation training (MobiHealthNews): Scottsdale, Arizona-based Magellan Health announced today that it has launched a pilot of Boston Children’s Hospital spin-out Neuromotion Labs’ Mightier, a biofeedback video game platform designed to help children regulate their emotions.
Read MoreFDA clears first videogame to be prescribed to kids with ADHD: EndeavorRx by Akili Interactive Labs
In a landmark decision, FDA greenlights a video game for kids with ADHD (STAT): The Food and Drug Administration on Monday for the first time gave a green light to a game-based therapeutic: a video game meant to be prescribed to kids with ADHD. The game, known as EndeavorRx and developed by Boston-based Akili Interactive Labs,…
Read MoreAkili Interactive Labs raises $30.5 million to develop FDA-approved brain training videogame for ADHD
. Videogame Maker Seeks to Treat ADHD (The Wall Street Journal): “Doctors don’t usually prescribe videogame play. But one company, which has just raised $30.5 million from venture-capital investors, hopes to change that. Boston-based Akili Interactive Labs Inc. is developing a videogame it believes could replace pills as a treatment for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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