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Although ADHD was originally considered to be a disorder of childhood, it has been clear for years that it also impacts adults. At least 60% of children diagnosed with ADHD struggle with sym… Read More
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------- ADHD in children puts stress on parents. In fact, parents of children with ADHD report greater parenting stress, less satisfaction in their parenting
2023-05-31 16:18
One of my favorite sayings comes from David Thoreau: “My life has been the poem I would have writ / But I could not both live and utter it.” It speaks to the way that life and ar… Read More
2023-05-22 19:26
Dear friends,
We hope you are doing well.
There is now less than one week to go until applications and nominations close for the Global Teacher Prize, and we wanted to ask you to help us spr… Read More
2023-05-17 14:35
Digital Therapy for Insomnia More Effective Than Sleep Education, Study Finds (American Journal of Managed Care):
A smartphone-based, Chinese culture–adapted digital cognitive beh… Read More
2023-05-10 13:58
Data from the CLARITY trial earlier this year was supposed to be the crowning glory of the amyloid hypothesis, vindication for proponents of this long-held but much-maligned theory of Alzhei… Read More
2023-05-02 17:19
In a new study just published in Nature Mental Health (details below), we developed and validated machine learning (ML) biomarkers based on electroencephalography (EEG) data for predicting o… Read More
On The 7 Habits Of Highly Stress-Resilient Minds, Cognitive Screenings, Anti-amyloid Drugs, And More
2023-04-27 10:07
Welcome to a new edition of SharpBrains e‑newsletter, this time covering the latest developments in stress research, meditation, virtual reality, anti-amyloid drugs, cognitive scr… Read More
2023-04-19 08:45
Credit: BrainPost, with data from Hoge et al (2022)Anxiety is the most common psychiatric disorder, with over 301 million ?people affected around the world. Whether extreme anxiety arises in… Read More
2023-04-11 07:43
How AI, Digital Screening Tools Can Help Flag Early Cognitive Decline (Health IT Analytics):
Early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s and other dementias remains at the forefront of efforts to m… Read More
2023-04-03 19:52
Athletes at the very highest level of their sport face the challenge of performing consistently under pressure amid many potential distractions, including performance anxiety, crowd behaviou… Read More
Pear Therapeutics Loses 97% Of Its Market Capitalization Since 2021, Explores Strategic Alternatives
2023-03-29 11:00
Source: Google FinancePear Therapeutics exploring sale, other ‘strategic alternatives’ (MobiHealth News):
Prescription digital therapeutics company Pear Therapeutics is exploring… Read More
2023-03-21 10:30
Imagine you have moved to a new city and bought a condo advertised as “metaverse enabled.” Upon closing, along with the physical keys to your condo, you receive a unique cryptogr… Read More
2023-03-15 11:49
We invite you to celebrate Brain Awareness Week (March 13–19th, 2023) by learning more about that key yet often-overlooked organ and by putting it to good use via some fun brain teaser… Read More
2023-03-07 17:54
Are you suffering from chronic stress? Many of us are—whether we’re stressed out by our jobs, complicated relationships, caregiving responsibilities, or the general state of the… Read More
2023-02-28 20:33
CMS Sticks to Sharply Limited Coverage of New Alzheimer’s Drug, Leqembi (Managed Healthcare Executive):
For now, CMS (Note: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) is sticking to… Read More
BrainHealth Week Starts Today! Plus: Dancing, Personalized Mental Health, Brain Stimulation And More
2023-02-20 14:37
Welcome to a new edition of SharpBrains e‑newsletter, annoucing the kick-off of BrainHealth Week and featuring some stimulating resources and teasers.
#1. BrainHealth Week (February 20… Read More
2023-02-14 17:47
A lo largo de la vida, su cerebro va a experimentar un desarrollo extraordinario. Su cerebro es el órgano más adaptable y modificable de su cuerpo, y puede cambiar tanto positi… Read More
2023-02-10 14:03
As you go through life, your brain undergoes extraordinary development. Your brain is the most adaptable, modifiable organ in your body, and it can change both positively and negatively by h… Read More
2023-02-08 22:00
The brain changes each and every day during our whole lives, based on how we use it. Healthier daily habits can improve the trajectory of our lives.
“A brain that can think critically… Read More
2023-01-31 19:19
Alto Neuroscience bags $25M for four Phase II drugs (Endpoints News):
Another $25 million is flowing the way of a California biotech attempting to fix the “trial and error” syste… Read More
2023-01-24 16:31
Manifesto: Opposition to EU Reclassification of TMS and tDCS equipment to Class III devices based on flawed evidence (European Society for Brain Stimulation):
It has recently come to our att… Read More
2023-01-11 10:47
Social ballroom dancing can improve cognitive functions and reduce brain atrophy in older adults who are at increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. That&rsq&hell…Read More
2023-01-05 16:22
Voice analysis platform Sonde Health raises $19.25M (MobiHealthNews):
AI-enabled voice technology platform Sonde Health announced it raised $19.25 million in a Series B funding round led by… Read More
2022-12-27 17:04
Welcome to the last 2022 edition of SharpBrains e‑newsletter, featuring a few selected brain health news and fun teasers to challenge your brain and help us all think outside the box… Read More
2022-12-20 11:00
FDA acknowledges shortcomings of Pre-Cert pilot in report (Regulatory Focus):
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it needs additional Congressional authority to move forward with… Read More
2022-12-15 15:43
Remember Google Glass? Google invested millions of dollars and came to market in 2014 with the first generation of wearable augmented reality (AR) technology. You could wear their cool heads… Read More
2022-12-08 16:16
Ketamine molecules attach themselves to NMDA neuronal receptors, which play an important role in brain plasticity and predictive processing. C22H31NO2, CC BY-SAWhich factors determine what w… Read More
2022-12-01 11:27
A combined cognitive and fitness training helps restore older adults’ attention abilities to young adult levels (PsyPost):
A new study found promising results for a combined physical f… Read More
2022-11-21 20:36
During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people suffered extreme stress. People couldn’t work and faced financial anxiety, they felt lonely and isolated, they worried about… Read More
2022-11-14 18:13
Dementia plummets by nearly one-third among U.S. seniors, RAND says (UPI):
The prevalence of dementia in the United States is declining among people over age 65, falling dramatically from 20… Read More
2022-11-07 20:05
Alto Neuroscience Raises $35M Series B Financing (FinsMes):
Alto Neuroscience, a Los Altos, CA-based neuro-tech company which specializes in precision psychiatry, raises $35M Series B Financ… Read More
2022-10-31 09:23
Welcome to a new edition of SharpBrains’ e‑newsletter, featuring timely brain & innovation news and a few fun teasers to test your working memory.
#1. Study: Building muscle… Read More
2022-10-25 10:36
Giving memory a lift: Can games and brain stimulation do it? (MedicalNewsToday):
A person’s working memory may decline with age or if they have dementia, Parkinson’s disease, or… Read More
2022-10-19 16:24
Mental health funding of £1.8m welcomed by MHRA and NICE to explore regulation of digital mental health tools (gov.uk):
There has been a large increase in the number of digital mental… Read More
2022-10-11 07:32
Dr. Cori Lathan, author of Inventing the Future: Stories from a Techno-OptimistFor as long as I can remember, my father loved acting. Into his sixties and early seventies, he was quite acti… Read More
2022-10-03 12:10
– Getty ImagesStudy: Professional, consumer opinions differ on mental health app quality (MobiHealth News):
Researchers found low agreement between professionals’ and consumers&r&hell…Read More
2022-09-26 08:41
Q&A: How Headspace Health’s acquisitions alter its mental health product (MobiHealthNews):
Headspace Health has revealed two acquisitions this year, the latest coming earlier this… Read More
2022-09-19 10:31
A new reason to build muscle: brain health (The Globe and Mail):
… a recent study from researchers at McGill University, published in the journal JAMA Network Open, offers a new reaso… Read More
2022-09-13 10:27
Descripción: La medicina, la psicología y la educación están asistiendo a la irrupción de una gran cantidad de nuevos enfoques gracias a la colaboraci&oacu&hell…Read More
2022-09-07 11:24
Expressing gratitude nurtures our relationships, helping us to feel closer to our friends and romantic partners. Some research suggests that grateful people seem to cope better with stress a… Read More
2022-08-30 09:42
Welcome to a new edition of SharpBrains’ e‑newsletter, featuring timely brain news and a few fun brain teasers to test your perceptual and cognitive skills.
#1. Study: Building c… Read More
2022-08-23 11:32
Akili Interactive is the latest company to go public via SPAC deal (Boston Business Journal):
Boston’s Akili Interactive Labs Inc. is the latest Massachusetts-based company to go publi… Read More
2022-08-16 06:16
Credit: James ByrneVoice Recordings Spot Cognitive Impairment (MedPage Today):
A machine-learning model identified mild cognitive impairment and dementia from digital voice recordings of neu… Read More
2022-08-08 14:21
Source: UAB researcher David VanceBuilding cognitive reserve could protect against memory and thinking decline, even with low childhood cognition scores (Alzheimer’s Research UK):
New… Read More
2022-08-03 11:24
A recent study found inconsistent evidence linking the neurotransmitter serotonin to depression. In an article for The Conversation, the authors of the study concluded that it is impossible… Read More
2022-07-25 14:11
Have you ever looked forward to a concert, beach vacation, or party only to find yourself not enjoying it as much as you thought you would?
You may be suffering from overly high expectations… Read More
2022-07-19 07:41
Wysa raises $20 million to expand its therapist chatbot into a wider set of mental health services (TechCrunch):
Wysa, a popular mental health app originally founded in India around an AI ch… Read More
2022-07-11 10:00
When Pat Paulson’s son told her he was feeling anxious and depressed at college, Paulson went through her Blue Cross Blue Shield provider directory and started calling mental health th… Read More
2022-07-05 09:34
WHO digital mental health intervention effective in reducing depression among Syrian refugees in Lebanon (press release):
A new digital mental health intervention, Step-by-Step, developed by… Read More
2022-06-30 13:32
Welcome to a new edition of SharpBrains’ e‑newsletter, featuring timely brain & mental health news and a fun brain teaser to put your temporal lobes to good use 🙂
#1… Read More
2022-06-28 13:22
Wordcloud derived from the two papers referenced in this blog (by Susanne Jaeggi & Aaron Seitz)How can we cut through the controversies around brain training and unlock the exciting pote… Read More
2022-06-23 14:35
Why do we get a buzz from being in large groups at festivals, jubilees and other public events? According to the social brain hypothesis, it’s because the human brain specifically evol… Read More
2022-06-21 17:17
Guicheng “Ariel” Tan / UCI Working Memory & Plasticity LabWho benefits from brain training, and why? (UCI release):
If you are skilled at playing puzzles on your smartphone o… Read More
2022-06-15 10:29
I Took An Esports Brain Test. I’m Not Even Close to Being a Pro Gamer (CNET):
NeurOlympics is a deceptively simple test.
The 60-minute assessment guides people through four uncomplicat… Read More
2022-06-13 13:24
It might be surprising to think about browsing for therapists and ordering up mental health care the way you can peruse a menu on Grubhub or summon a car on Lyft.
But over the last decade, d… Read More
2022-06-08 14:26
Walking Speed Helps Predict Future Dementia (MedPage Today):
Dual decline in gait speed and cognition carried a higher risk of dementia than either gait-only decline or cognitive-only declin… Read More
2022-06-06 14:16
AI Behavior Health Chatbot App Fast-Tracked by FDA (Psychology Today):
Recently the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted breakthrough device designation to Wysa’s AI-based d… Read More
2022-06-01 18:18
Many parents feel guilty when their children play video games for hours on end. Some even worry it could make their children less clever. And, indeed, that’s a topic scientists have cl… Read More
2022-05-31 14:24
Welcome to a new edition of SharpBrains’ e‑newsletter, featuring timely brain & mental health news and a fun couple of math brain teasers.
#1. Study on the “ABCs of Men… Read More
2022-05-26 12:43
Instead of lying awake worrying, we’re often told to “sleep on it” when making decisions both big and small. And there’s actually a scientific basis for this advice… Read More
2022-05-24 13:58
Sleepio becomes first digital therapeutic to receive NICE guidance (MobiHealthNews):
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended the Sleepio app as an effec… Read More
2022-05-19 17:42
Brain Age Gap is a Composite Biomarker for Dementia Pathology or Severity (GEN):
Mayo Clinic scientists have developed a computational model that predicts brain age using a large collection… Read More
2022-05-17 17:32
On one of our “walk and talks” around the lush trails of Rock Creek Park in DC surrounded by bikers, runners, cars and the occasional deer, Wendy and Lisa talked about aging. Wen… Read More
2022-05-12 12:49
The number of people struggling with poor mental health and mental disorders has been rising around the world over the past few decades. Those who are struggling are increasingly facing diff… Read More
2022-05-09 14:32
The efficacy of Mental Health Apps (pharmaforum):
In January, PLOS Digital Health published a study which claimed that there’s “sparse” data to support the efficacy of most… Read More
2022-05-05 16:05
Oxford University VR spinout demonstrates significant psychotherapy benefits in Lancet study (Fierce Healthcare):
Virtual reality can help treat symptoms in patients with psychosis, accordin… Read More
2022-05-03 14:20
Global digital health funding falls 36% with fewer megarounds, IPOs (Fierce Healthcare):
After two years of record-breaking investment in digital health, capital flow into the sector took a… Read More
2022-04-28 14:34
Welcome to a new edition of SharpBrains’ e‑newsletter, featuring timely brain & mental health news and a fun brain teaser to test the limits of multi-tasking.
#1. Collaborati… Read More
2022-04-26 13:54
Source: Bethlehem et al (2020). A graphical summary of the normative trajectories of the median (50th centile) for each global MRI phenotype, and key developmental milestones, as a function… Read More
2022-04-21 15:14
Can digital therapeutics become profitable? (MedTechDive):
In 2020, the Food and Drug Administration cleared Akili Interactive’s video game to improve attention in kids with ADHD. It w… Read More
2022-04-19 22:30
Each month, some of the most fascinating speakers participate in interactive conversations about the latest advances in brain health science, technology and real-world application.
All talks… Read More
2022-04-14 14:10
The other day, my friend Kristina told me that one evening she unintentionally locked her husband in a downstairs part of their house. She had known he was down there, but while distractedly… Read More
2022-04-12 17:04
Research collaboration will test novel algorithm’s effectiveness on Geisinger data (press release):
Geisinger and Eisai Inc. today announced a collaborative effort to study the potenti… Read More
2022-04-06 17:21
Altoida snags Merck KGaA-led $14M funding round for Alzheimer’s diagnostic app (Fierce Biotech):
The $14 million top-up came from a mix of old and new investors, co-led by Whitecap Ven… Read More
2022-04-04 17:09
Image credit: ShutterstockFor the past several decades, psychedelics have been widely stigmatized as dangerous illegal drugs. But a recent surge of academic research into their use to treat… Read More
2022-03-31 13:33
Welcome to a new edition of SharpBrains’ e‑newsletter, featuring timely brain & mental health news, two excellent new books and a few fun brain teasers.
#1. From “… Read More
2022-03-28 19:52
Each month, the most fascinating speakers participate in interactive conversations about the latest advances in brain health science, technology and real-world application.
All talks are vir… Read More
2022-03-23 14:52
Digital Therapeutics for MCI and Alzheimer’s disease: A Regulatory Perspective (The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease):
–This article is adapted from a comp… Read More
2022-03-21 22:14
A) New video game company aims to develop therapeutic games (The Verge):
Video game-based tools can help with conditions like depression and ADHD, research shows. DeepWell Di… Read More
2022-03-16 14:07
For the mental health crisis of care, quality is as much of a problem as quantity.
Most people who seek mental health care for the first time are baffled by how to find a clinician. I know w… Read More
2022-03-14 16:37
Neurons of the spinal cord and connections as seen in a photomicrograph using a staining method pioneered by Santiago Ramón y Cajal. PHOTO: ALAMYBrain Awareness Week 2022 just st… Read More
2022-03-10 22:36
New Cognitive Science Tool to Shed Light on Mental Health (DARPA press release):
Since Sept. 11, 2001, more than 30,000 active duty members and veterans have taken their own lives – fo… Read More
2022-03-07 20:23
Recent studies have linked screen time — including video game play — to concerning outcomes in children, including low self-esteem, low life satisfaction, and depressive symptoms… Read More
2022-03-03 17:41
St. Stephen’s Green in Dublin, courtesy of Aerial.ieLiving through the COVID-19 pandemic has had a severe impact on people’s mental health and well-being. Restricted movement, lo… Read More
2022-02-28 15:00
Welcome to a new edition of SharpBrains’ e‑newsletter, featuring important brain & mental health news plus a few fun brain teasers to test your reasoning skills and more&hell&hell…Read More
2022-02-25 15:39
Making technology an ally in mental health care (Fundación Innovación Bankinter):
Interest in using technology for mental health dates back to the mid twentieth century. &ldquo&hell…Read More
2022-02-22 15:53
Epitel raises $12.5M for wearable seizure detection system (MobiHealth News):
Epitel, maker of a wearable electroencephalogram (EEG) system for seizure detection, announced Wednesday it had… Read More
2022-02-16 12:15
Study: Computer-assisted cognitive behavioral therapy (CCBT) improved depression for primary care patients (MobiHealth News):
Researchers found patients who used CCBT in addition to regular… Read More
2022-02-14 17:50
Neuroplasticity and Smart Phones (Psychiatric Times):
In medical school, I was taught that the brain is hardwired at birth. During the past 30 years, neuroscience has definitively shown that… Read More
2022-02-10 16:27
How does your hearing affect dementia risk? (Alzheimer’s Research UK):
With around 1 million people affected by dementia in the UK, and 12 million people estimated to have a type of he… Read More
2022-02-07 22:26
Anxiety can feel like a heavy weight that we didn’t ask to carry. Who wouldn’t love to get rid of it?
But neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki wants to challenge the way we look at our an… Read More
2022-02-02 18:15
Jolly Good and Teijin Pharma Form a Partnership to Develop VR Digital Therapeutics for DepressionOtsuka signs on Jolly Good for $43M mental health VR deal (Fierce Biotech):
The duo will buil… Read More
2022-01-31 14:03
Welcome to a new edition of SharpBrains’ e‑newsletter, sharing important brain & mental health news plus a couple fun brain teasers to test your mental self-rotation skills… Read More
2022-01-26 17:19
Palihapitiya-Led SPAC to Merge With Akili in $1 Billion Deal (Bloomberg):
Akili Interactive, a startup that has developed a video game to help treat attention-deficit disorders in kids, has… Read More
2022-01-25 15:52
Although medication treatment for ADHD has been shown to significantly reduce core ADHD symptoms in hundreds of studies, important concerns remain about it being prescribed inappropriately t… Read More
2022-01-20 17:21
Lyra Health scores $235M and buys employee assistant program ICAS World (MobiHealth News):
Employer-focused digital mental health provider Lyra Health announced a whopping $235 million Seri… Read More
2022-01-18 17:12
JPM 2022: Headspace Health grabs startup Sayana to build out AI-based mental health tools (Fierce Healthcare):
Six months after the $3 billion merger with Ginger, Headspace Health acquired… Read More
2022-01-14 15:35
Mental health, meet venture capital (APA):
Until recently, mental health was a relative blip on the radar of venture capitalists. But over the past few years, and particularly since the onse… Read More
2022-01-12 15:32
It’s one of the first things parents and teachers tell a child who gets upset: “Take a deep breath.” But research into the effect of deep breathing on the body’s stre… Read More
2022-01-05 16:49
Op-Ed: School surveillance on students’ laptops will not help solve the youth mental health crisis (Los Angeles Times):
In the past year, school districts in California and elsewhere h… Read More
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