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Cognitive Fitness for Financial Decision-Making
Monday, Jul 11, 2011 7:50 am
Issues with aging can be costly for retirees’ money (Associated Press). Quotes: – “With age comes wisdom about money — up to a point.” - “Years of handling your own finances and investments sharpen the ability to make sound decisions. But failing to prepare for the day when growing older hampers…
Thinking globally to improve mental health: New NIH initiative
Thursday, Jul 07, 2011 10:53 am
Thinking globally to improve mental health: NIH announces international research initiative (press release): - “The Grand Challenges in Global Mental Health Initiative, led by the National Institutes of Health and the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases, has identified the top 40 barriers to better mental health around the world. Similar…
Unlocking Dyslexia in Japanese
Wednesday, Jul 06, 2011 8:56 am
Great article in the Wall Street Journal today: Unlocking Dyslexia in Japanese. Quotes: - “Experiences like that of the Lundays are providing scientists and educators with clues about how people with dyslexia learn and how best to teach them. Researchers have long observed that some dyslexics have an easier time…
June Update: High-Quality Summer Brain Reading
Thursday, Jun 30, 2011 11:04 am
Let’s explore some high-quality new resources, announcements and studies in this June edition of the monthly SharpBrains eNewsletter. The field is clearly on the move! Portraits of the Mind: Several sharp brains (Rick, Karen, John, thanks!) strongly recommend the recent book “Portraits of the Mind: Visualizing the Brain from Antiquity to…
Experience Corps: Promoting Healthy, Meaningful Aging Through Social Involvement
Tuesday, Jun 28, 2011 11:01 am
The current issue of Cerebrum –a great publication of the Dana Foundation– includes the excellent in-depth article Promoting Healthy, Meaningful Aging Through Social Involvement: Building an Experience Corps, written by researcher Michelle Carlson: “Over the last decade, scientists made two key discoveries that reframed our understanding of the adult brain’s…
Brain Training to Enhance Performance, both post-Traumatic Brain Injury and for the workplace
Thursday, Jun 23, 2011 4:21 am
A couple of very interesting recent announcements show (in a military context) how well-targeted brain training can complement and augment existing approaches, both to help “normal” and “clinical” populations, in ways that silo-based, rear-mirror thinking often misses: U.S. Department of Defense Awards $2 Million to Brain Plasticity Inc. to Study…
Summer Brain Reading: Portraits of the Mind
Sunday, Jun 19, 2011 8:55 am
A couple of SharpBrains friends strongly recommend the recent book “Portraits of the Mind: Visualizing the Brain from Antiquity to the 21st Century”, by Carl Schoonover, both as great reading and as a beautiful coffee table book. The book is available now with a significant discount via Amazon.com. You can…
Lumos Labs raises $32.5m: Largest Cognitive/ Brain Fitness Investment so far
Thursday, Jun 16, 2011 4:01 am
Lumos Labs, the company behind lumosity.com, has raised $32.5 million dollars in a Series C round from Menlo Ventures, FirstMark Capital, Harrison Metal and Norwest Venture Partners. In our 2010 market report Lumos Labs came up as one of the category Leaders given its market and research momentum (not easy…
Study: Working memory training can improve fluid intelligence
Tuesday, Jun 14, 2011 4:55 am
Very interesting new study on computerized cognitive training (or brain training), well summarized in LA Times article Memory training improves intelligence in some children, report says. Quote: The training program used by Jaeggi and co-workers focused on ramping up working memory: the ability to hold in mind a handful of information…
Serious Games: Developing a Research Agenda for Educational Games and Simulations
Saturday, Jun 11, 2011 8:24 am
(Editor’s Note: the recent trade book Computer Games and Instruction brings together the leading edge perspectives of over a dozen scientists in the area of videogames and learning, including a very insightful analysis –excerpted below– by Harvard’s Chris Dede. Please pay attention to his thoughts on scalability below, and enjoy!)…
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