100 newly recognized Young Global Leaders train their brains (and others ’) by tackling complex challenges with innovative approaches
Meet the 2017 Class of Young Global Leaders (World Economic Forum release):
“They develop gene-editing technology, rebuild wartorn nations and much more…Each year the World Economic Forum undertakes an ambitious endeavour – to scour the world to select 100 young leaders, under the age of 40, who are tackling the world’s most complex challenges with innovative approaches…Selected into a five-year programme, this year’s class of 100 Young Global Leaders is split evenly between business and not-for-profit sectors – building a global community of peers who can capitalize on diverse talents, experiences and networ...
Source: SharpBrains - March 15, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Alvaro Fernandez Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness Peak Performance brain leaders World-Economic-Forum Young Global Leaders Source Type: blogs
RESEARCH FACULTY POSITIONS at the BCBL- Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebasti án, Basque Country, Spain)
www.bcbl.eu (Center of excellence Severo Ochoa)The Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebasti án, Basque Country, Spain) together with IKERBASQUE (Basque Foundation for Science) offer 3 permanent IKERBASQUE Research Professor positions in the following areas:-Language acquisition- Any area of Language processing and/or disorders with advanced experience in MRI- Any area of Language processing and/or disorders with advanced experience in MEGThe BCBL Center (recently awarded the label of excellence Severo Ochoa) promotes a vibrant research environment without substantial teaching obligations. It provides acc...
Source: Talking Brains - March 13, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs
8 Practical Ways to Keep Your Mind Sharp
Dr. Michael Merzenich conducted the seminal experiments that led to the discovery of lifelong plasticity — that the brain changes chemically, physically, and functionally based on sensory and other inputs at any age. Last year, Dr. Merzenich was made a Kavli Laureate, the highest honor in neuroscience. He has been elected to both the US National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine.
There’s a lot you can do to engage the brain’s machinery in ways that help keep it healthy as an organ.
The brain’s plasticity — its ability to change not just functionally, but physically and chemically, t...
Source: On the Brain by Dr. Michael Merzenich, Ph.D. - March 13, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Dr. Merzenich Tags: Aging and the Brain Brain Fitness Brain Plasticity BrainHQ Source Type: blogs
Monitoring health, wellness and fitness via wearable devices: Key Neurotech Patent #29
— Illustrative image from US Patent No. 7,261,690.
Today we are sharing a fascinating 2007 patent assigned to Bodymedia. (As mentioned, we are featuring a foundational Pervasive Neurotech patent a day, from older to newer by issue date)
U.S. Patent No. 7,261,690: Apparatus for monitoring health, wellness and fitness.
Assignee(s): Bodymedia, Inc.
Inventor(s): Eric Teller, John M. Stivoric, Christopher D. Kasabach, Christopher D. Pacione, John
L. Moss, Craig B. Liden
Technology Category: Neuro-monitoring
Issue Date: August 28, 2007
SharpBrains’ Take:
The ‘690 patent discloses an apparatus for monitoring hum...
Source: SharpBrains - March 13, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Technology BodyMedia brain data EEG mental-wellness monitoring human health neuro-monitoring neuro-technology patent software wearable device Source Type: blogs
Sharing Reducing the effect size of the retest effect: Examining different approaches via BrowZine
Reducing the effect size of the retest effect: Examining different approachesArendasy, Martin E.; Sommer, MarkusIntelligence: Articles in pressUniversity of Minnesota Users:http://login.ezproxy.lib.umn.edu/login?url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160289616302963Non-University of Minnesota Users: (Full text may not be available)http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160289616302963Accessed with BrowZine, supported by University of Minnesota. (Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner))
Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - March 12, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: blogs
Brain Teaser to test your pattern recognition and other cognitive skills: The Empty Triangle
Please enjoy this fun brain teaser, provided by puzzle master Wes Carroll.
The Empty Triangle:
Question:
Which number should be placed in the empty triangle?
This puzzle helps you work out your executive functions–activating the prefrontal cortex in your brain–by engaging your pattern recognition and other cognitive abilities such as hypothesis testing, and logic.
Let us know how you do!
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ANSWER:
3
EXPLANATION:
The top number minus the bottom left-hand number is multiplied by the bottom right-hand number to give the number inside the triangle.
More brain teasers and games for adults of any ...
Source: SharpBrains - March 10, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Caroline Latham Tags: Brain Teasers Education & Lifelong Learning adults brain-teaser cognitive cognitive-abilities cognitive-ability cognitive-skills Executive-Functions prefrontal-cortex puzzle teens Source Type: blogs
Sharing How Localized are Language Brain Areas? A Review of Brodmann Areas Involvement in Oral Language via BrowZine
How Localized are Language Brain Areas? A Review of Brodmann Areas Involvement in Oral LanguageArdila, Alfredo; Bernal, Byron; Rosselli, MonicaArchives of Clinical Neuropsychology: Vol. 31 Issue 1 – 2016: 112 - 12210.1093/arclin/acv081University of Minnesota Users:http://login.ezproxy.lib.umn.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/acn/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/arclin/acv081Non-University of Minnesota Users: (Full text may not be available)https://academic.oup.com/acn/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/arclin/acv081Accessed with BrowZine, supported by University of Minnesota. (Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theorie...
Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - March 8, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: blogs
Sharing Stability in Test-Usage Practices of Clinical Neuropsychologists in the United States and Canada Over a 10-Year Period: A Follow-Up Survey of INS and NAN Members via BrowZine
Stability in Test-Usage Practices of Clinical Neuropsychologists in the United States and Canada Over a 10-Year Period: A Follow-Up Survey of INS and NAN MembersRabin, Laura A.; Paolillo, Emily; Barr, William B.Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology: Vol. 31 Issue 3 – 2016: 206 - 23010.1093/arclin/acw007University of Minnesota Users:http://login.ezproxy.lib.umn.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/acn/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/arclin/acw007Non-University of Minnesota Users: (Full text may not be available)https://academic.oup.com/acn/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/arclin/acw007Accessed with BrowZine, supported by University...
Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - March 8, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: blogs
Novel Dimensional Aproach Uncovers Biomarker for Inattention
Summary: Greater variability in reaction time is associated with reduced gray matter volume in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, a new …Read it on FlipboardRead it on neurosciencenews.com****************************************************** (Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner))
Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - March 8, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: blogs
Too Much Emotional Intelligence Is a Bad Thing
Profound empathy may come at a priceRead it on FlipboardRead it on scientificamerican.com******************************************************Kevin McGrew, PhDEducational PsychologistDirector, Institute for Applied PsychometricsIAPwww.themindhub.com****************************************************** (Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner))
Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - March 8, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: blogs
Measuring “brain temperature” in the future?: Key Neurotech Patent #27
– Illustrative image from U.S. Patent No. 7,187,960
Today we are sharing a 2007 patent assigned to Geelux Holdings, Ltd. (As mentioned, we are featuring a foundational Pervasive Neurotech patent a day, from older to newer by issue date)
U.S. Patent No. 7,187,960: Apparatus and method for measuring biologic parameters
Assignee(s): Geelux Holdings, LTD.
Inventor(s): Marcio Marc Abreu
Technology Category: Neuro-monitoring
Issue Date: March 6, 2007
SharpBrains’ Take:
As explained in the background of the ‘960 patent, blood temperature is a key indicator of health that is neither varied by emotional state nor ...
Source: SharpBrains - March 8, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Technology blood temperature brain data EEG electromagnetic waves Geelux Holdings head mounted gear neuro-monitoring neuro-technology patent radio waves Source Type: blogs
WISC-V CFA by Reynolds and Keith - a MUST read by two of the best intelligence test scholars I know
IntelligenceAvailable online 3 March 2017In Press, Corrected Proof—Note to usersMulti-group and hierarchical confirmatory factor analysis of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children —Fifth Edition: What does it measure?☆Matthew R. Reynoldsa,,,Timothy Z. Keithb Show morehttp://dx.doi.org.ezp1.lib.umn.edu/10.1016/j.intell.2017.02.005Get rights and contentHighlights•WISC-V constructs are measured similarly across the 6 –16-year age range.•g and five broad ability factors account for subtest covariances.•Our CFA findings diverged from EFA research.•g is measured strongly in the new 7 subtest FSIQ.Abstr...
Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - March 7, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Tags: CFA CHC CHC theory WISC-IV Source Type: blogs
Neuroplasticity as seen by one of its earliest scientist proponents: Neuroscience pioneer Santiago Ram ón y Cajal
— One of Ramón y Cajal’s iconic images, showing a Purkinje neuron with its treelike structure
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A fcouple of weeks ago The New York Times published an excellent article about the life and work of neuroscience pioneer Santiago Ramón y Cajal: Hunched Over a Microscope, He Sketched the Secrets of How the Brain Works.
Please go and read it–and enjoy those amazing images!
I recently read Recollections of My Life, Ramón y Cajal’s fascinating autobiography. The book combines a lively window into his life and thinking, combined with his main contributions to brain research.
Since he said “Every m...
Source: SharpBrains - March 7, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Alvaro Fernandez Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning adult-neuroplasticity autobiography book Books brain Brain-Plasticity Howard-Gartner naturalistic nerve growth Neurons Santiago-Ramon-y-Cajal Source Type: blogs
CHC impact: The Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) taxonomy of cognitive abilities has gone global
The CHC taxonomy is officially a globetrotter with a large bank of frequent flier miles. An indicator of the increasing prominence and spread of the CHC taxonomy is reflected in the globalization of CHC assessment activities in countries beyond the United States. Several examples, which are not exhaustive, are summarized below. The influence of CHC theory, primarily via university assessment training in the use of the CHC-basedBater ía III Woodcock-Munoz(BAT III; Mu ñoz-Sandoval, Woodcock, McGrew, Mather, N. (2005a, 2005b), is prominent in Spanish speaking countries south of the US border. Th...
Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - March 6, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Tags: AJT COGTEST ASI ASIS BAT III CHC CHC theory CoVaT-CHC global Indonesia INSBAT Insight OECD PAA WJ III WJ III-IE WJ IV Source Type: blogs
The future of EEG-based personal devices monitoring brain function: Key neurotechnology patent #26
– Illustrative image from U.S. Patent No. 7,138,902
Today we highlight a very interesting 2006 patent assigned to Phillips and Accenture — who have been collaborating to develop software for EEG-based operation of home appliances to aid patients suffering from neurogenerative diseases such as ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
U.S. Patent No. 7,138,902: Personal medical communication device and system
Assignee(s): Phillips, Accenture
Inventor(s): Raymond J. Menard
Technology Category: EEG
Issue Date: November 21, 2006
SharpBrains’ Take:
The ‘902 patent relates to techniques and systems for personal m...
Source: SharpBrains - March 6, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Technology Accenture ALS amyotrophic lateral sclerosis brain data Brain Monitoring brain-function EEG EEG detectors neuro-technology neurogenerative diseases patent Phillips Source Type: blogs
