Report calls for wide classroom-based adoption of ten brain fitness programs designed to improve foundational executive functions

__________ Nation­al Non­prof­it Releas­es Report Call­ing for Brain Fit­ness Inter­ven­tions in All U.S. Schools (press release): “Brain­Fu­tures released a report today that makes a clear case for inte­grat­ing proven brain fit­ness pro­grams into all U.S. class­rooms. Over a decade of research has shown that evi­­dence-based pro­grams can improve stu­dents’ exec­u­tive func­tion skills and proso­cial behaviors,…

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Update: Think twice before taking Adderall as cognitive enhancer — it may worsen your working memory

___ Dear read­er, It’s time for Sharp­Brains month­ly e‑newsletter, start­ing in this occa­sion with an impor­tant arti­cle by Duke Uni­ver­si­ty’s Dr. David Rabin­er rais­ing con­cerns about the grow­ing non-med­i­cal use of ADHD drugs. New research: Do ADHD drugs real­ly help col­lege stu­dents with­out ADHD? Mind­ful­ly debunk­ing four med­i­ta­tion myths Cog­ni­tive train­ing & reme­di­a­tion works, espe­cial­ly in schiz­o­phre­nia and healthy aging New…

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Think twice before taking Aderall for cognitive enhancement: It may actually impair working memory and other cognitive abilities

___ ADHD drugs do not improve cog­ni­tion in healthy col­lege stu­dents (Sci­enceDai­ly): “Con­trary to pop­u­lar belief across col­lege cam­pus­es, atten­tion deficit hyper­ac­tiv­i­ty dis­or­der (ADHD) med­ica­tions may fail to improve cog­ni­tion in healthy stu­dents and actu­al­ly can impair func­tion­ing, accord­ing to a study by researchers at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Rhode Island and Brown University.

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Eight Tips To Understand and Remember What You Read — Especially As You Read Nonfiction

___ Despite Insta­gram, YouTube, Face­book, Twit­ter, and tele­vi­sion, (or per­haps pre­cise­ly because of all of them) tra­di­tion­al read­ing is still an impor­tant skill. Whether it is mag­a­zines, pro­fes­sion­al man­u­als or fas­ci­nat­ing books, peo­ple still need to read, now and in years ahead. And much of it is non­fic­tion mate­r­i­al, where it’s impor­tant to real­ly understand…

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Are you familiar with these research findings and technologies revolutionizing Brain & Mental Health?

___________________________________ Try adding 3 and 8 in your head. That was easy. Now, try­ing adding 33 and 88. That was prob­a­bly more dif­fi­cult. Final­ly, try adding 333 and 888. Time for Sharp­Brains’ Octo­ber e‑newsletter, this time dis­cussing a range of research find­ings and tech­nolo­gies rev­o­lu­tion­iz­ing brain and men­tal health. New think­ing about cog­ni­tion, brain and mind: Study sug­gests the…

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