Update: Global Consortium for Neurocognitive Fitness Innovation
As mentioned before, the World Economic Forum asked me to write “an 800 words summary of your most compelling actionable idea on the challenges of gerontology”, in preparation for the Inaugural Summit...
View ArticlePhysical and mental exercise to prevent cognitive decline
We offered some Brain Fitness Predictions in our Market Report , including… “7. Doctors and pharmacists will help patients navigate through the overwhelming range of available products and interpret...
View ArticleEmotional self-regulation and Obama
Great article in the New York Times on Obama’s emotional self-regulation abilities: The Cool Factor: Never Let Them See You Sweat - “We even elevate such equilibrium to the superhuman: calm, as applied...
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Cognitive News November-December 2008
Here you have several recent articles and developments worthy of attention: 1) Boom times for brain training games (CNN) 2) Navigating the brain fitness landscape: do’s and don’ts (McKnight’s Long Term...
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Lie to Me, Paul Ekman and Biofeedback
You may have watched the new series Lie To Me, with Tim Roth, based on the work of Paul Ekman. The second episode, which you can watch for free via Hulu.com Here, is pretty interesting, but the best...
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Distracted in the Workplace? Meet Maggie Jackson’s Book (Part 2 of 2)
Today we continue the conversation with Maggie Jackson, author of Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age. You can read part 1 here. Q — In your Harvard Management Update...
View ArticleETech09: on Life Hacking and Brain Training
Here you have the presentation I delivered on Tuesday at ETech 2009 (this year’s O’Reilly Emerging Technology Conference): Emerging Research and Technology for Life Hacking/ Brain Training (click to...
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Debunking 10 Brain Training/ Cognitive Health Myths
Think about this: How can anyone take care of his or her brain when every week brings a new barrage of articles and studies which seem to contradict each other? Do supplements improve memory? Do you...
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Who Says This is The Classroom of the Future?
The New York Times has recently published several very good and seemingly unrelated articles…let’s try and connect some dots. What if we questioned the very premise behind naming some classrooms the...
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Brain Study Links Emotional Self-Regulation and Math Performance
Brain Study Points to Potential Treatments for Math Anxiety (Education Week): “The study, published this morning in the journal Cerebral Cortex, is a continuation of work on highly math-anxious people...
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Virtual “Brain Games” roundtable: Why we can, and SHOULD, train our brains
In preparation for the new season of National Geographic’s Brain Games, starting this Sunday February 14th, their producers asked us to participate in a virtual roundtable around this thought-provoking...
View ArticlePhysical and mental exercise to prevent cognitive decline
We offered some Brain Fitness Predictions in our Market Report , including… “7. Doctors and pharmacists will help patients navigate through the overwhelming range of available products and interpret...
View ArticleEmotional self-regulation and Obama
Great article in the New York Times on Obama’s emotional self-regulation abilities: The Cool Factor: Never Let Them See You Sweat - “We even elevate such equilibrium to the superhuman: calm, as applied...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cognitive News November-December 2008
Here you have several recent articles and developments worthy of attention: 1) Boom times for brain training games (CNN) 2) Navigating the brain fitness landscape: do’s and don’ts (McKnight’s Long Term...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lie to Me, Paul Ekman and Biofeedback
You may have watched the new series Lie To Me, with Tim Roth, based on the work of Paul Ekman. The second episode, which you can watch for free via Hulu.com Here, is pretty interesting, but the best...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Distracted in the Workplace? Meet Maggie Jackson’s Book (Part 2 of 2)
Today we continue the conversation with Maggie Jackson, author of Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age. You can read part 1 here. Q — In your Harvard Management Update...
View ArticleETech09: on Life Hacking and Brain Training
Here you have the presentation I delivered on Tuesday at ETech 2009 (this year’s O’Reilly Emerging Technology Conference): Emerging Research and Technology for Life Hacking/ Brain Training (click to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Debunking 10 Brain Training/ Cognitive Health Myths
Think about this: How can anyone take care of his or her brain when every week brings a new barrage of articles and studies which seem to contradict each other? Do supplements improve memory? Do you...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Who Says This is The Classroom of the Future?
The New York Times has recently published several very good and seemingly unrelated articles…let’s try and connect some dots. What if we questioned the very premise behind naming some classrooms the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Brain Study Links Emotional Self-Regulation and Math Performance
Brain Study Points to Potential Treatments for Math Anxiety (Education Week): “The study, published this morning in the journal Cerebral Cortex, is a continuation of work on highly math-anxious people...
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