Given cognitive strengths and needs are diverse, what brain training may work best for each person and under which conditions?
Does ‘Brain Training’ Actually Work? (Scientific American):
If there were an app on your phone that could improve your memory, would you try it? Who wouldn’t want a better memory? After all, our recollections are fragile and can be impaired by diseases, injuries, mental health conditions and, most acutely for all of us, aging.
… our team is currently leveraging the power of citizen science. Similar to a large-scale study in the United Kingdom (Brain Test Britain, promoted by Cambridge University and the BBC), we are seeking to recruit thousands of participants to help us uncover the potential merits of memory train...
Source: SharpBrains - September 29, 2020 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness Technology aging Brain Game Center brain training Brain-exercises Brain-games cognitive decline cognitive needs cognitive strengths cognitive-benefits cogniti Source Type: blogs
Virtue and Leadership in the World Health Organization
Guilherme Vasconcelos Vila ça, Virtue and Leadership in the World Health Organization, Ethical Leadership in International Organizations: Concepts, Narratives, Judgment and Assessment (Cambridge University Press, 2021 Forthcoming): In the public sphere, the language of virtues is often mobilized to assess the... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - September 22, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Self-Compassion Can Protect You From Feeling Like A Burden When You Mess Things Up For Your Group
By guest blogger Itamar Shatz
It feels bad to know that you’ve messed up, especially when other people have to pay a price for your actions. Unfortunately, this feeling is something that most of us end up experiencing at one point or another — when we’re placed on a team with other people at school or at a job, for instance, and make a mistake that forces our team members to do more work as a result.
However, recent research, published in Social Psychology by James Wirth at Ohio State University and his colleagues, shows that there is a trait that can reduce those negative feelings, called “self-compassionR...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - July 2, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Emotion guest blogger Personality Social Source Type: blogs
New 2020 Publications from Professor Thaddeus Pope
I am delighted to have recently delivered complete manuscripts for a number of invited and planned publications. In addition, I list my articles and books that have already been published in 2020.
My key objective for June is completing "From Informed Consent to Shared Decision Making: Improving Patient Safety and Reducing Medical Liability Risk with Patient Decision Aids."
FORTHCOMING IN 2020
Is There a Right to Delay Determination of Death by Neurologic Criteria? JAMA NEUROLOGY (forthcoming 2020) (with Ariane Lewis, and Richard J. Bonnie).
Brain Death: Status Shift and Implications, AMA JOURNAL OF ETHICS (forthcoming 202...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - May 26, 2020 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
COVID-19: journal, books and databases with some freely available content
Last updated 8th April 2020, 2240 UK time. Items added at that time are marked NEW.Some publishers are making COVID-19 related content available in PubMed Central - they are asterisked on a list from the WellcomeGIDIF-RBM (an Italian association for health librarians) have a list of freely available resourcesAmerican Academy of Pediatrics - Critical updates and resources for pediatriciansAmerican College of Physicians - A collection of Annals of Internal Medicine articles related to coronavirus is freely available.American Medical Association - JAMA Network COVID-19 inform...
Source: Browsing - March 26, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: coronavirus COVID-19 NCOV Source Type: blogs
COVID-19: journals and databases with some freely available content
List transferred from another page. Last updated 26th March 2020, 1835 UK time. Items added at that time are marked NEW.Some publishers are making COVID-19 related content available in PubMed Central - they are asterisked on a list from the WellcomeGIDIF-RBM (an Italian association for health librarians) have a list of freely available resourcesAmerican Medical Association - JAMA Network COVID-19 information collectionAmerican Society for Microbiology - research articles about COVID-19, and a toolkit to help spread information.BioOne - articles in journals hosted in ...
Source: Browsing - March 26, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: coronavirus COVID-19 NCOV Source Type: blogs
Putting patients at the heart of a digital hospital
Dr Afzal Chaudhry, director of digital and CCIO at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, writes about the organisation ' s eHospital programme. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - January 21, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Source Type: blogs
How Does Sleeping Well Impact Brain Detoxification?
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Have you been sleeping well lately? We all
know that getting enough sleep is an important part of living a healthy and
engaged life. Of course, getting a good night's sleep keeps you sharp during
the day, and recent science has also shown how important it is in learning and
memory. Sleep is not only good for helping you pay attention in class or
remembering what you did yesterday though, it also helps keep ...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - December 11, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Rebecca Wilson Tags: featured health and fitness self improvement better sleep brain health science of sleep Source Type: blogs
The National Health Service (NHS) in the UK considers adding a 5 ‑minute cognitive test to its annual health check-up
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Using AI assessment to tackle dementia in ultra-early stages (Digital Health):
“Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease continue to increase and remain the leading cause of death in England and Wales, accounting for 12.8% of all deaths registered in 2018 … While there is no cure available, catching diseases like Alzheimer’s early on can help those living with the condition to slow its progression.
Cognetivity Neurosciences, a Cambridge University spin-out based in London, has developed an artificial-intelligence (AI) powered test designed to detect cognitive decline in its ultra-early stages – potentially det...
Source: SharpBrains - September 18, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Technology Alzheimer’s Disease artificial intelligence Cambridge University Cognetivity Neurosciences cognitive decline dementia diagnosis health check-up iPad NHS Source Type: blogs
Brain training seen as promising non-pharmacological method to enhance attention in healthy young adults
This brain training app may help you stay focused, says new study (CNN):
“Our digital lives make concentration difficult…A group of Cambridge university researchers believes to have developed a “fun” solution to this modern problem. By playing a “brain training” game, called Decoder, players can increase their concentration.
In order to test the game’s effect, the research team conducted a study published Monday in the journal Frontiers in Behavioural Neuroscience. For the study, 75 healthy participants were split into three groups: one that played Decoder, one that played no game at all and ...
Source: SharpBrains - February 1, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness adhd Brain-Training brain-training-app Decoder improve-concentration Neuropsychology non-pharmacological Ritalin Source Type: blogs
Medical students "taught how to practice empathy by following clever mnemonics" - NEJM
C. Nicholas Cuneo, M.D. in the NEJM: "With every faux interaction I felt myself being forced to shed another layer of authenticity, and I quickly grew to dread the whole tedious charade.PEARLS, it spelled out: Partnership, Empathy, Apology, Respect, Legitimization, and Support.With a smirk, I tossed it in the trash."Better understanding and educational approach are needed.--Just as a side note, here is an overview of some empathy/communication mnemonics with the corresponding references:"PEARLS– which stands for partnership, empathy, apology/acknowledgment, respect, legitimation, and support"https://www.mdedge.com/family...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - October 27, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Communication Empathy NEJM Source Type: blogs
Aug 9, Jean Piaget: Today in the History of Psychology (9th August 1896)
Jean Piaget was born. Renowned throughout the world for his pioneering theories of child development and learning, Piaget is widely considered one of the twentieth century's most influential psychologists. Drawing on genetic epistemology to explore the growth of knowledge within the cognitive world of the child, Piaget introduced a number of groundbreaking concepts within the field of developmental psychology, including mental structures, assimilation, accommodation and equilibration.
Acclaimed throughout his career, Piaget collected honorary doctorates from Harvard, The Sorbonne and Cambridge University and received the A...
Source: Forensic Psychology Blog - August 9, 2018 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: blogs
New Research May Support the Existence of Empaths
Do empaths exist? Many people who claim to be highly sensitive or intuitive to the emotions of others and even to feel what others feel would respond with an enthusiastic “yes.”
The scientific studies that are often used to demonstrate that empaths exist, however, provide indirect evidence.
This includes research showing the existence of mirror neurons in the brain, which are said to enable us to read and understand each other’s emotions by filtering them through our own (Iacobani, 2008). Other studies used to explain empaths include the concept of emotional contagion, which is the idea that when people synchro...
Source: World of Psychology - July 30, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kristen Milstead Tags: Ethics & Morality Family Friends Psychology Relationships Research Empath Highly Sensitive Person Source Type: blogs
A Brief Look at FOCI: The Wearable That Helps You Stay Calm and Focused
At the ITF Conference in Belgium in May, imec director Chris Van Hoof shared with us how mental health is an area of medicine that is underserved and ripe for innovation with medical technology. While they might be more for general wellness, we’re slowly starting to see a new wave of technologies in the form of apps and smartwatch features that offer breathing exercises to help reduce stress. But how can one quantify stress?
UK-based Tinylogics thinks that their upcoming platform called FOCI, a wireless, wearable sensor combined with machine learning, is the answer. The FOCI wearable is a lightweight, tiny device ab...
Source: Medgadget - June 29, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Scott Jung Tags: Medicine Psychiatry Rehab Sports Medicine Source Type: blogs
Childhood Amnesia: Why Can ’ t We Remember the Early Years?
Although early experiences are important for personal development and future life, as adults we recall nothing or very little of those early formative events, such as making first steps or learning first words. In fact, when adults are asked about their first memories they usually don’t recall events before the age of 2-3, with only fragmented recollection of events that happened between the age of 3 and 7. This phenomenon is often called childhood or infantile amnesia. It represents an inability of both children and adults to recall episodic memories (i.e., memories for particular events or stimuli that occur in a parti...
Source: World of Psychology - June 11, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Psych Central Staff Tags: Brain Blogger Children and Teens Memory and Perception Publishers Research childhood amnesia cognitive development episodic memories infantile amnesia neurological development social development theory of neurogenesis Source Type: blogs
