Update: To honor Brain Awareness Week 2017, let ’s highlight 10 Key Facts To Harness Neuroplasticity And Improve Brain Fitness

— Last week was Brain Awareness Week, so let’s first of all discuss these 10 Key Facts to Harness Neuroplasticity & Improve Brain Fitness coming from the hundreds of scientific and medical studies we analyzed to prepare the book The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness: How to Improve Brain Health and Performance at Any Age. And here’s the rest of SharpBrains’ e-newsletter exploring the latest in brain health and mental performance. New research: Mindfulness training for teachers can result in a better learning environment for students Rates of ADHD diagnosis and medication treatment continue to increase substantially New brain imaging methods help detect giant, superconnected neurons such as this one (in a mouse’s brain) New thinking: Neuroplasticity as seen by one of its earliest scientific proponents: Neuroscience pioneer Santiago Ramón y Cajal Canadian teacher Maggie MacDonnell wins annual $1M Global Teacher Prize 100 newly recognized Young Global Leaders train their brains (and others’) by tackling complex challenges with innovative approaches New tools (via our analysis of neurotech patents): The future of personalized brain stimulation via enhanced cognitive-emotive profiles Tailoring computing experience based on user’s mental state and quality of attention Treating sleep-related breathing conditions–such as sleep apnea–via EEG brainwave analysis Facilitating clinical treatments via Transcranial Magnetic Stimulat...
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