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From BiPolar, Depression & ADHD, a Flipboard magazine by Rob Waldrip
But can people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder – often referred to as a brain-based disorder – also train their brain to improve? Every…
From Quartz, a Flipboard magazine by Quartz
Gavin Ovsak is one of those guys who never seems to slow down. On top of his classwork at Harvard medical school, he's…
From Twitter, a Flipboard magazine by James Thompson
As readers of this blog will know, it is usually Woodley of Menie who darkens these pages with talk of genetic ruin, while James Flynn is the plucky New Zealander…
The brain considers talking to ourselves in our heads to be very similar to speaking our thoughts out loud. And the…
From Mind the Gap, a Flipboard magazine by Lawrence Villegas
Everybody likes travelling around the world but what if we tell you that now you can travel through human brains as…
From Twitter, a Flipboard magazine by Jessica Stillman
Scientists put a bunch of geniuses in a house and observed them. This is what they discovered. Author Truman Capote, poet William Carlos Williams, and a…
From NEUROSCIENCE, a Flipboard magazine by Glossex
People with a higher-than-average intelligence level have brains that are "wired" in a different way, researchers say. A new study suggests that…
From Brain/Vision, a Flipboard magazine by CinemaoftheMind
Article | Open Zhencai Chen, • Alain De Beuckelaer, • Xu Wang & • Jia Liu…
The U.S. defense agency that specializes in "out-there" science and technology endeavors is on a quest to bridge the gap between brain and…
An enduring aim of research in the psychological and brain sciences is to understand the nature of individual differences in human intelligence,…
Navigation Test Battery This experimental software was designed to address different mechanisms crucial for everyday navigation. Specifically, it provides a …
From The Guardian, a Flipboard magazine by The Guardian
There are good reasons to be cautious about a new study claiming computer-based training can reduce the risk of…
From Brain, a Flipboard magazine by tommysclee
A recent study has been hailed as a "breakthrough" in dementia prevention, after finding that a brain-training exercise can…
Providing key information for students or professionals in the fields of criminology, education, psychology, law, and law enforcement, this book documents the legal and clinical aspects of the issues related to intellectual disability and the death penalty.
• Provides a comprehensive review of the legal and clinical aspects of the death penalty and intellectual disability
• Offers a detailed discussion of the Supreme court decision in Atkins v. Virginia as well as a review of court decisions since that 2002 ruling
• Details the diagnostic issues related to determination of intellectual disability, such as the assessment of intellectual functioning, adaptive behavior, and age of onset
• Shares best practices in clinical assessment and important forensic matters that must be considered
It is known that studying the differentiation of cognitive abilities is associated with many methodological challenges. In the recent years, methods have been developed to address these challenges. However, these methods require that the item scores of an intelligence test are combined into a composite score which may affect the power to detect the differentiation effect or even produce spurious results. Therefore, in this study, an item level approach is presented that can be used to simultaneously test for ability differentiation, age differentiation, and age differentiation-dedifferentiation. The new method is investigated in two small simulation studies, and applied to the standardization data of the Hungarian WAIS-IV. Results indicate that the ability differentiation effect is consistently present in the items of the WAIS-IV while there is no consistent age differentiation and/or age differentiation-dedifferentiation effect.
From THE SCIENCE OF My LIFE, a Flipboard magazine by duskdiver
A memory complaint, also called Subjective Cognitive Decline (SCD), is a subjective disorder that appears to be relatively common,…
From Brain Philosophy, a Flipboard magazine by Sandra Clark
Beyond teaching us more about the structure of the brain, these maps could help unlock some of the…
From Brain/Vision, a Flipboard magazine by CinemaoftheMind
Children with autism show different patterns of connectivity than controls do in brain stem regions associated with balance.…
From Neuro, a Flipboard magazine by Jack
Several studies comparing adult musicians and nonmusicians have…
Proud and excited to announce the 12 groundbreaking startups that will get to pitch their idea and solutions at…
— Registrants for the 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (December 5-7th) as of November 3rd, 2017
Just a quick update on how registration stands for the upcoming 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit: Brain Health & Enhancement in the Digital Age (December 5-7th).
We are proud to report that so far 130 experts, pioneers and practitioners are registered to participate.
95 seem to be based in the US and 35 abroad, based on IP address during registration, with the following country breakdown:
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Please consider joining us to explore the latest brain science and tech and market trends and to help shape Brain Health & Enhancement in the Digital Age.
For context, organizations represented in past Summits include: AARP, Alegent Health Immanuel Medical Center, Allstate Insurance, Alzheimer's Association, BBC, Bon Secours New York Health System, Brain Injury Association of America, Campbell Soup Company, Greenville Hospital System, Harvard Business Review, HealthComm Inc., Human Dimension Taskforce, US Army, Institute For The Future, Intel, Johnson & Johnson, Los Angeles County Dept of Public Health, McGovern Institute of Neurotechnology, MIT, National Resource Ctr. Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes, Nutrition Science Solutions, One Laptop Per Child, OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions, Piedmont Gardens, PsychologyToday, Procter & Gamble, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Stanford University, Sun Microsystems, UC Berkeley, UnitedHealth Group, Winter Park Health Foundation, Workers' Compensation Regulatory Authority, UCSF.
And the backgrounds of previous participants include: Biomedical Engineers, CEOs, Digital Media professionals, Entrepreneurs, Game publishers, Healthcare technologists, Marketing Executives, Medical Students, Neurologists, Neuropsychologists, Non profit board members, Occupational Therapists, Pharmaceutical Executives, Post doctorate researchers, Professors and Researchers, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Psychotherapists, Scientific Publishers, Social Workers, Speech Pathologists, Talent management/HR, and Wellness professionals.
Looking forward to a great conference!
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Learn more & Reserve your Spot HERE
(10%-off promo code for SharpBrains readers: sharp2017)
Almost 10% of the world population suffers dyslexia. Establishing an early diagnosis would allow…
From Twitter, a Flipboard magazine by Hugo Spiers
Current issue ISSUE Previous November 2017, Volume 20No11pp1431-1653 Editorial • Obituary • Q&A • Commentary • Perspectives • Reviews • News and Views •…
Cheap and Non-Invasive New research funded by the U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) has…
You have free access to this content Kenneth D. Forbus and Shaaron…