• HeartMath emWave: Brain Training Product Review Survey

    Updated: 2012-03-31 14:00:09
    As part of our ongo­ing mar­ket research we’d like to ask past and cur­rent users of HeartMath prod­ucts to share their expe­ri­ence with us via this 3-question anony­mous sur­vey.

  • Update: How will Health incorporate Brain?

    Updated: 2012-03-30 19:26:40
    Time for Sharp­Brains’ March 2012 eNewslet­ter, fea­tur­ing in this occa­sion thought-provoking  per­spec­tives on emotions, ADHD, health and the brain, and a brief status update of the upcoming 2012 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (June 7-14th, 2012). Featured Perspectives: The Emotional Life of Your Brain, by Richard Davidson and Sharon Begley Is ADHD overdiagnosed? Findings from a new study in Germany, [...]

  • The Arrow­smith Pro­gram to Sponsor 2012 SharpBrains Summit; upcoming book by Barbara Arrowsmith-Young

    Updated: 2012-03-30 14:26:10
    The Arrow­smith Pro­gram has agreed to become a Gold Spon­sor @ 2012 Sharp­Brains Vir­tual Sum­mit (June 7-14th): Opti­miz­ing Health through Neu­ro­plas­tic­ity, Inno­va­tion and Data. Thank you! The Arrow­smith Pro­gram,  avail­able in pub­lic and pri­vate schools in  the U.S. and Canada, is a com­pre­hen­sive suite of cog­ni­tive pro­grams for stu­dents with learn­ing dis­abil­i­ties that tar­gets 19 areas of the brain that are most [...]

  • Helicor StressEraser: Brain Training Product Review Survey

    Updated: 2012-03-29 14:00:06
    As part of our ongo­ing mar­ket research we’d like to ask past and cur­rent users of Helicor prod­ucts to share their expe­ri­ence with us via this 3-question anony­mous sur­vey.

  • One size does not fit all: Does the brain ‘remember’ antidepressants?

    Updated: 2012-03-28 17:27:43
    Study offers more proof for the power of placebo, say UCLA researchers (UCLA press release): – “While the relationship between prior treatment and the brain’s response to subsequent treatment is unknown, a new study by UCLA researchers suggests that how the brain responds to antidepressant medication may be influenced by its remembering of past antidepressant [...]

  • InterCure RESPeRATE: Brain Training Product Review Survey

    Updated: 2012-03-27 14:00:35
    As part of our ongo­ing mar­ket research we’d like to ask past and cur­rent users of InterCure prod­ucts to share their expe­ri­ence with us via this 3-question anony­mous sur­vey.

  • Should Hospitals Monitor, and Work to Maintain, Patients’ Cognitive Function?

    Updated: 2012-03-26 19:43:08
    Hospitalization Linked to More Cognitive Decline in Elderly (Medscape): - “Older adults have a 2.4-fold increase in the rate of cognitive decline after hospitalization, an increased risk that persisted after adjustment for severity of illness and length of hospital stay, according to a new study.” - “As part of the longitudinal, population-based Chicago Health and [...]

  • Wild Divine Relaxation: Brain Training Product Review Survey

    Updated: 2012-03-24 13:00:57
    As part of our ongo­ing mar­ket research we’d like to ask past and cur­rent users of Wild Divine prod­ucts to share their expe­ri­ence with us via this 3-question anony­mous sur­vey.

  • Male clin­i­cians may be misdiag­nosing 39% of ADHD-diagnosed boys

    Updated: 2012-03-23 15:21:15
    39% We had several readers highlight this striking statistic from yesterday’s blog post, Is ADHD overdiagnosed? Findings from a new study in Germany This is but another example on the growing need to base behavioral/ mental health prevention, diagnostic and treatment not on symptoms alone, but to measure and incorporate objective markers of brain function, as [...]

  • Beyond mirror neurons - the neuroscience of real social encounters

    Updated: 2012-03-22 09:30:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Deric Bownds' MindBlog This blog reports new ideas and work on mind , brain , and behavior as well as random curious stuff Deric s Website HOME DERIC'S MIND BLOG BIOLOGY OF THE MIND BOOK AND COURSE LECTURES AND WRITING DERIC PERSONAL , Piano Performance , Professional , Personal History Twitter Updates FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER EMAIL DERIC MINDBLOG : PODCASTS The I-Illusion The Beast Within MindStuff : a user's guide Istanbul Cognitive Neuroscience meeting lecture , May , 2010 : Who wants to know The Nature of our Subjective I Making Minds Evolving and Constructing the I Univ . Wisc . Evolution Seminar Series , April 28, 2011 Search : MindBlog Selected Blog Categories acting choosing 306 aging 145 animal behavior 192 attention perception 368 autism 20 brain

  • The Secret Origin of the Vertebrate Brain

    Updated: 2012-03-15 14:07:23
    By Rob Mitchum The acorn worm is an eye-less, ear-less invertebrate that lives in the intertidal zone, scavenging food particles from the sand and water. One wouldn’t expect to find the developmental clues for the creation of the vertebrate brain in such a humble creature. But a new study led by a University of Chicago graduate [...]

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