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Time for SharpBrains’ April e-newsletter, featuring what’s new in brain health and cognitive performance. Quite stimulating reading
New thinking
- Why Untrained Brains Are A Bit Like Puppies, And How To Put Together the Building Blocks of a Smarter, Happier Mind
- Making Stress Work for You, Instead of Against You
- 5 Facts You Need To Know To Understand, Navigate And Enjoy The Digital Brain Health Revolution
- Special Offer: Learn from 100+ Brain Experts, Watch 40+ Hours at the Leading Edge (10%-off discount code: sharp2017)
New research
- Dance training: The ultimate way to delay brain decline by combining physical, cognitive, and social engagement
- Helping bridge neuroscience and education: 30+ experts debunk the theory of fixed, rigid “learning styles”
- Parents’ educational and income levels (not breastfeeding per se) account for the brain development gains in breastfed children
- Brain stimulation can work–if properly timed
- The US Navy tests neuro-priming and other non-pharmacological aids to boost cognition and performance
New tools
- Fully concentrated on task at hand? Then your computer won’t distract you
- Augmenting physiotherapy via neurofeedback and neurostimulation: Key neurotechnology patent #43
- Elon Musk to pioneer new Inner Space Frontier via Neuralink “neural lace” technology
- In the field of neurostimulation, what comes first, Published Research or Patents?
- Enhancing cognition via brain training with a visual emphasis: Key neurotechnology patent #38
Upcoming event
Finally, here you have 5 quick brain teasers to sharpen two key cognitive skills: attention and working memory.
Have a great month of May,
The SharpBrains Team