Rationality doesn ’t equal efficiency: Cellphone data shows how we navigate cities
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Learn about cognition and mental self-rotation with these quick brain teasers
Welcome to the Ultimate Neuroscience Lab: Your Smartphone
Managing information flow based on user’s mental state and cognitive load: Key Neurotech Patent #19
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Source: SharpBrains - October 19, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: The Conversation Tags: Education & Lifelong Learning Technology & Innovation behavior big data Brain Teasers cognition cognitive load human behavior mental-rotation mental-self-rotation navigation Source Type: blogs
Studies find growing evidence linking weight, physical activity, neuroplasticity and depression
Being overweight can cause depression — and exercise is an antidote, dual studies confirm (Runner’s World):
A large-scale study from the University of Exeter has found ‘robust evidence’ that being overweight hikes up your risk of developing depression – but as fresh evidence confirms, logging your morning miles is one of the most effective ways to fight back. Exercise jolts your brain into action, and not just because of the endorphin high … ‘Obesity and depression are both major global health challenges, and our study provides the most robust evidence to date that higher BMI causes depression,’ said lead a...
Source: SharpBrains - October 18, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain/ Mental Health body mass index Brain-Plasticity depression depressive disorders generalized anxiety disorder metabolic health neuroplasticity obesity Physical-activity Physical-Exercise Transcranial-Magnetic-Stimulation Source Type: blogs
Six guidelines to navigate the Aduhelm controversy and (hopefully) help patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment and early-stage Alzheimer ’s Disease
The approval of a controversial new drug for Alzheimer’s disease, Aduhelm, is shining a spotlight on mild cognitive impairment — problems with memory, attention, language or other cognitive tasks that exceed changes expected with normal aging.
After initially indicating that Aduhelm could be prescribed to anyone with dementia, the Food and Drug Administration now specifies that the prescription drug be given to individuals with mild cognitive impairment or early-stage Alzheimer’s, the groups in which the medication was studied.
Yet this narrower recommendation raises questions. What does a diagnosis of mild cognitive...
Source: SharpBrains - October 13, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Kaiser Health News Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Aduhelm Alzheimer’s Disease attention-problems brain bleeding brain swelling cognitive problems dementia dementia specialists early-stage Alzheimer’s Food and Drug Administration language problems memory pr Source Type: blogs
Dr. Judith Beck on the future of cognitive therapy and psychotherapy
Dr. Awais Aftab: What do you think the future of psychotherapy is? What would you like it to be?
Dr. Judith Beck: A number of years ago, a colleague asked my dad whether he expected cognitive therapy to eventually dominate the field of psychotherapy. He responded, “I hope good therapy eventually dominates the field of psychotherapy. Just good therapy.” My father has always said, and I agree, that if significant research demonstrates greater support for the theoretical framework and treatment of a different psychotherapy, then that psychotherapy should supplant CBT. So far that has not happened. To the contrary, as the ...
Source: SharpBrains - October 11, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain/ Mental Health cognitive-behavioral-therapy cognitive-therapy computer-assisted therapy Judith-Beck Psychiatric Times Psychotherapy therapists Source Type: blogs
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hardens data security rules for health apps and devices
FTC says it will fine digital health companies that don’t disclose data breaches (mobihealthnews):
With data breaches on the rise, the FTC is looking to make health apps more accountable for telling patients when their data has been exposed.
The FTC released a new statement specifying that all health apps that capture sensitive patient information notify users, the commission itself and in some cases the media when a security breach has compromised identifiable health data. If the company fails to do so it could face a fine of $43,792 per day of violation.
The ruling is actually more than ten years old, but according to ...
Source: SharpBrains - October 7, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Technology & Innovation data breaches devices digital health FTC health apps Health Breach Notification Rule health data personal health records security breach Source Type: blogs
Study: Personalized, closed-loop neuromodulation can (one day) become a “pacemaker for the brain”
This study points the way to a new paradigm that is desperately needed in psychiatry,” said Andrew Krystal, PhD, professor of psychiatry and member of the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences. “We’ve developed a precision-medicine approach that has successfully managed our patient’s treatment-resistant depression by identifying and modulating the circuit in her brain that’s uniquely associated with her symptoms.”
Previous clinical trials have shown limited success for treating depression with traditional deep brain stimulation (DBS), in part because most devices can only deliver constant electrical stimulatio...
Source: SharpBrains - October 5, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Technology & Innovation biomarker brain circuit brain patterns brain stimulation closed-loop therapy deep-brain-stimulation neural biomarker neuromodulation neuropsychiatric pacemaker for the brain precision me Source Type: blogs
Welcome to the Ultimate Neuroscience Lab: Your Smartphone
Welcome to a new edition of SharpBrains’ e‑newsletter, featuring this time six scientific reports and industry resources plus a fun illusion.
#1. Top 10 Mental Health Innovations to Watch: Special SciAm/ WEF report
Hoping you enjoy the great series over at Scientific American and especially #7, titled Welcome to the Ultimate Neuroscience Lab: Your Smartphone, by Emory neuroethicist Karen Rommelfanger and our very own Álvaro Fernández Ibáñez.
#2. Five thoughts to think about when thinking about the speed of thought
The time it takes for all thoughts to occur is ultimately shaped by the characteristics of the neurons...
Source: SharpBrains - September 30, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Technology & Innovation adhd Aduhelm brain-teaser cognitive cognitive complaints dementia emotion regulation lifelong mental health lifelong-brain-health myelination Neurons neuroscience lab quick brain tea Source Type: blogs
Study: Self-guided sleep app Sleepio, combined with standard care for depression and anxiety, delivers better outcomes than standard care alone
Conclusions: Significant clinical benefit was associated with the introduction of an evidence-based digital sleep intervention alongside other mental health interventions for depression and anxiety. Widespread deployment was achieved with immediate availability, minimal additional clinical time or staff training. This approach provides a feasible and highly scalable model for improving mental health outcomes in clinical services.
The Study in Context:
The FDA clears Somryst, Pear’s digital therapeutic to treat chronic insomnia
CVS Health: Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) apps may help you more than sleeping pills
A c...
Source: SharpBrains - September 27, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Technology & Innovation anxiety app Behaviour Research and Therapy Big Health cognitive behavioural therapy depression digital CBT digital cognitive behavioural therapy digital health insomnia insomnia DTx me Source Type: blogs
Quick brain teaser: What do you see? And, can you unsee it?
Please describe what you see up there.
What about below, as the full scene appears?
Once you have seen the face, can you unsee it and focus on the birds?
Tough, right? Try counting them, that may help 🙂
More fun illusions and brain teasers:
Where’s the baby?
Test your brain and mind with these nine classic optical Illusions
Top 25 fun Brain Teasers and Puzzles
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Source: SharpBrains - September 23, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain Teasers brain teasers for adults brain teasers for teens brain-teaser illusion mind puzzles mind-teaser Source Type: blogs
Five thoughts to think about when thinking about the speed of thought
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Award-winning image shows neuroimaging progress in a century
Neuroplasticity as seen by one of its earliest scientist proponents: Neuroscience pioneer Santiago Ramón y Cajal
Can you grow your hippocampus? Yes. Here’s how, and why it matters
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Source: SharpBrains - September 21, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: The Conversation Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Education & Lifelong Learning cognitive electroencephalography functional magnetic resonance imaging movement myelination Neurons perception reaction-time speed of thought thinking thoughts Source Type: blogs
Study finds ADHD is associated with dementia
We examined the extent to which attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a neurodevelopmental disorder, is linked with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and any dementia, neurodegenerative diseases, across generations…
Results: Among relatives of 2,132,929 index persons, 3042 parents, 171,732 grandparents, and 1369 uncles/aunts had a diagnosis of AD. Parents of individuals with ADHD had an increased risk of AD (hazard ratio 1.55, 95% confidence interval 1.26–1.89). The associations attenuated but remained elevated in grandparents and uncles/aunts. The association for early-onset AD was stronger than late-onset AD. Sim...
Source: SharpBrains - September 16, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Attention & ADD/ADHD Brain/ Mental Health Alzheimers-disease attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder cognitive cognitive decline cognitive-abilities dementia neurodegenerative-diseases Neurodevelopmental Source Type: blogs
Top 10 Mental Health Innovations to Watch: Special SciAm/ WEF report
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The World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Mental Health, comprising some of the foremost leaders in mental health, technology, informatics, business, public policy and advocacy is publishing its selections for the Top 10 Innovations in Mental Health. The initiative is in partnership with Scientific American, which is publishing articles by these leaders on its website.
Dr. Murali Doraiswamy, Council co-chair and professor of psychiatry at Duke University School of Medicine notes that “the council sifted through more than 60 nominations to pick novel solutions with the highest near-term potential...
Source: SharpBrains - September 14, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: World Economic Forum Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Technology & Innovation Analytics curricula esketamine Innovations physiological signals psychedelics scientific-american smartphones World Economic Forum Source Type: blogs
