A Call to Action: Improv­ing brain & men­tal health via dig­i­tal plat­forms, neu­ro­plas­tic­ity research and the White House BRAIN initiative

By SharpBrains | November 18, 2014

A Call to Action: Improv­ing brain & men­tal health via dig­i­tal plat­forms, neu­ro­plas­tic­ity research and the White House BRAIN ini­tia­tive from Sharp­Brains Ses­sion held at the 2014 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit, fea­tur­ing: Dr. Thomas Insel, Direc­tor of the Nation­al Insti­tute of Men­tal Health (NIMH) Dr. Adam Gaz­za­ley, Direc­tor of UCSF Neu­ro­science Imag­ing Cen­ter and Co-founder of Akili Inter­ac­tive Labs Dr.…

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Adam Gazzaley, Director of UCSF Neuroimaging Center & Akili co-founder, to speak at 2014 SharpBrains Virtual Summit

By SharpBrains | October 20, 2014

Hap­py to share that Adam Gaz­za­ley, Direc­tor of UCSF Neu­ro­science Imag­ing Cen­ter and Co-founder of Akili Inter­ac­tive Labs, will share his work and insights on Improv­ing brain & men­tal health via dig­i­tal plat­forms, neu­ro­plas­tic­ity research and the White House BRAIN ini­tia­tive, at the 2014 Sharp­Brains Vir­tual Sum­mit (Octo­ber 28–30th). Dr. Gaz­za­ley is a fac­ulty mem­ber in the 

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BRAIN Initiative: New call to action amidst growing skepticism

By SharpBrains | February 25, 2014

A White House Call To Action to Advance the BRAIN Ini­tia­tive (press release): “Under this ini­tia­tive, Fed­er­al agen­cies such as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Nation­al Insti­tutes of Health (NIH), the Nation­al Sci­ence Foun­da­tion (NSF), and the Food and Drug Admin­is­tra­tion (FDA) are sup­port­ing the devel­op­ment and appli­ca­tion of inno­v­a­tive, new tech­nolo­gies that…

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Update: A Fresh Look at Enhancing Brain & Mental Health Across the Lifespan

By SharpBrains | May 30, 2013

Time for Sharp­Brains’ May 2013 e‑newsletter, which fea­tures a vari­ety of arti­cles offer­ing a more opti­mistic and evi­­dence-based approach to brain and men­tal health than cur­rent prac­tices. First of all, let us high­light that Sci­en­tif­ic Amer­i­can just pub­lished an excel­lent review of our new book. The author sums it up by say­ing that “…I wish I had read…

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White House BRAIN Initiative should start with the end goal in mind

By SharpBrains | April 23, 2013

White House BRAIN Ini­tia­tive is a nice start, but it’s too small and timid (Ven­ture Beat): “…it’s unlike­ly to move the nee­dle because, unlike pre­vi­ous nation­al projects, it lacks ade­quate fund­ing and action­able objec­tives that can cap­ture the imag­i­na­tion of inno­va­tors and the pub­lic at large…Is there an alter­na­tive approach? Yes. Start with the soci­etal goal in mind,…

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