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News and Events

Brain Health Promotion by the American Society on Aging: You may be interested in the excellent agenda the American Society on Aging has put together for health professionals, from September 2-5th in San Francisco, devoting a full day to Brain Health. Alvaro will participate in 3 of the sessions, including giving a keynote on the Future of Brain Health.

Can Google Kill Neurons and Rewire Your Whole Brain?: The Atlantic Monthly published an article titled Is Google Making Us Stupid, which basically blamed Google for literally rewiring our brains into more stupid brains (not being able to pay attention, read deep books...). We are not very impressed by the superficial treatment given to this very important topic.

Mobile Brain Training, Scientific Learning, and More News: Overview of cognitive health and fitness news, including recent research on how physical exercise can help diagnosed Alzheimer's patients, the new Mac version of Posit Science's auditory processing training program, and more.

Market Analysis

Top 10 Brain Health Predictions: In an emerging market, like brain health and training, it is difficult to make precise projections. Here we point out a number of trends that executives, consumers, public policy makers, and the media should watch closely in the coming years. Your feedback is very welcome...we will give a complimentary copy of our market report to the person who provides the most insightful additional prediction by August 10th.

Cognitive Health Pioneers: Thank You! The quality and variety of our client list brings up the cross-sector demand for quality information in the emerging brain fitness/ cognitive health category. And it helps us prioritize efforts and coverage of market and research news and trends.

Research Analysis

Encephalon blog carnival: Brain & Mind Research: We hosted Encephalon´s 50th edition, where you will find a selection of superb blog posts on all things Brain and Mind. Examples? you may enjoy Facebook Ate My Psychiatrist or perhaps the Compulsive Collecting of Toy Bullets and Televisions.

Attention Deficits At Work: Dr. Pascale Michelon provides an in-depth overview of a recent study by Ron de Graaf and colleagues,  in which they found that an average of 3.5% of workers (in ten countries) meet the criteria for adult ADHD, In the US, the percentage increased to 4.5%. This has clear effects on productivity.

Education and Learning

Learning & the Brain: Resources for Educators: Educator Laurie Bartels reviews her favorite brain resources for teaching and learning: books, conferences, and websites.

Brain Teasers

Top 25 Brain and Mind Haikus. Yours?: Readers have contributed a good number of haikus on brain-related topics. You can follow the link to check out our Favorite 7, and many other fun ones...which ones do you like the most?

Some recent brain training and health news:

1) A Promising Debut for Computerized Therapies

2) Fitness protects brain in Alzheimer's patients

3) Brain Fitness Program Classic comes to Mac

4) Posit Science gains ownership of Scientific Learning (NSDQ: SCIL)´s BrainConnection.

5) Brain training on your mobile 

6) You must remember this: how the mind works

Here you have the links and my commentary for these news:

1) A Promising Debut for Computerized Therapies

- "Against this difficult background, researchers at Yale report a paradigm-shifting approach that closes the gap to cost-effective real-world delivery of an effective cognitive-behavioral therapy(CBT) program for substance dependence. Cleverly called computer-based training for cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT4CBT),this information age web-based program penetrates previously impregnable barriers to care delivery."

Comment: fascinating recent clinical trial on the benefits of computer-based cognitive interventions, presented with a very insightful editorial on how these emerging tools can complement existing, face-to-face, approaches.

2) Fitness protects brain in Alzheimer's patients

- "People in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease who are more physically fit had less shrinkage in areas of the brain that are important for memory, researchers said on Sunday."

- "Fitness and exercise have been shown to slow age-related changes in the brain in healthy people. The latest finding suggests people with early Alzheimer's disease may still benefit."

Comment: another study showing why, no matter our age or cognitive health, leading a sedentary life is bad for our brains.

3) ‘Brain Fitness Program Classic’ comes to Mac

- "Posit Science has announced the release of Brain Fitness Program Classic for the Mac. It costs $395. System requirements call for Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later, 1GB hard disk space"

Comment: Mac users have now have access to this auditory processing training program. Given the median age of participants in the one published study that measured the benefits of this program (close to 70 years), I am not sure many Mac users will jump on it, but it certainly helps bridge the PC-Mac divide (to our knowledge this is the first science-based program offered for Macs).

4) Posit Science gains ownership of Scientific Learning (NSDQ: SCIL)´s BrainConnection.

Comment: we just received an email message saying so. It will be interesting to learn what price Posit Science had paid for this online property, one of the best marketing and strategic assets Scientific Learning (NSDQ: SCIL, developer of Fast ForWord) had developed over the years, and the rationale for having a potential competitor acquire it.

5) Brain training on your mobile

- "Students with mobile phones appear to have been sharpening their minds outside their studies after it was revealed that the most popular game downloaded onto mobile phones is 'Brain Coach with Dr Kawashima', according to the game's creator Namco Bandai."
- Masajo Okubo, managing director at Naco Bandai, said: "With Dr. Kawashima's official approval, we are very proud to take this popular genre to the next level. Players are now presented a new and scientifically proven series of fun brain training challenges that actually help activate different parts of the brain."

Comment: to talk about "mobile brain training" today is either an exercise in banality (basically, every single thing we do, every single thought we have, changes somehow the structure of our brains, so anything can be considered to be "brain training") or misleading, given the dearth of specific research. Throughout the research undertaken to prepare our Market Report covering the whole brain fitness software category, including mobile applications, we didn´t come across a single mobile product with quality published evidence on how it can enhance cognitive functions. We can call them "games", but not "brain training" or "brain fitness", or say, as in the quote above, that they are "scientifically proven". In fact, we gave Nintendo Brain Age a score of 1 out of 10 in clinical validation... and we do consider it more promising than the many other "game" copycats. Mobile platforms will be very important in the brain fitness market, but the medium will probably show value first for cognitive assessments, more than for real "brain training". Meditation, cognitive therapy and computer-based cognitive training are, today, the only "brain training" mediums with emerging research showing cognitive value.

6) You must remember this: how the mind works

- "Amazon is full of brain workouts. Last year, British scientist Baroness Susan Greenfield launched a PC-based program of exercises - MindFit - whose online 'personal coach' evaluates your results and adjusts tasks depending on how badly you've done. It says it can boost memory recall by 14 per cent. I don't know about that, but I did get noticeably better at predicting the course of a hot-air balloon sailing from one cloud to another."

- "Our appetite for better brains is an obsession reflected in the worldwide expansion over the past decade of neuroscience studies. These come on the heels of neuroimaging techniques that have brought together the disciplines of psychology (mind) and neurobiology (matter) to produce a new breed of 'cognitive' neuroscientist who looks at behaviour in the context of wiring and chemicals"

Comment: fun and interesting article on what is going on in the UK market.

You may be interested in the excellent agenda the American Society on Aging has put together for health professionals on a variety of aging topics, including a full day devoted to discussing Brain Health Promotion: The Next Steps.

When are where: September 2nd-5th, in San Francisco, CA. Brain Health Promotion day is September 5th.

To check the full agenda: Click here.

To register: Register Now (early registration until August 25th).

I will be participating in three sessions. Please let me know if you are attending, we may be able to organize a SharpBrains lunch on Friday September 5th.

1) How Change Makers Like You Can Contribute to the Future of Brain Health

September 5th, 9.00-10.30 am

Neuroscience, and cognitive science in general, are coming to a fundamentally new understanding of the lifelong plasticity of the brain and what aging means. This presents tremendous opportunities, and challenges, to anyone caring for other people's brains (on top of their own). In this session, we will provide an overview of the research and market trends that may affect brain health in the next five to ten years, will explore new roles to serve our communities coupled with the need to reinvent existing ones, and will help navigate the increased number of brain heath options today.

Learning Objectives

Participants in this session will: 1. Develop a shared understanding of research and market trends to help prepare for what’s next. 2. Predict the evolution of new roles to serve our communities, involving new professions and industries and reinventing existing ones. 3. Provide an overview of the opportunities and challenges of choosing among an increased number of brain heath options, and how to spot quality.

Presenter: Alvaro Fernandez.

2) Creating Brain Health Programs on a Small Budget

September 5th, 3.00-4.30 pm

Brain health classes have evolved throughout the country for the past 15 years. This moderated panel discussion will introduce and explore some of the current model programs and provide take-away information for developing and strengthening local low-cost brain health programs.

Learning Objectives

Participants in this session will be able to: 1. Identify elements that contribute to a quality low-cost brain health program. 2. Understand the importance of well-rounded brain health programs that include more than classroom experience. 3. Define solutions to overcoming barriers to program attendance.

Presenters: Nancy Ceridwyn, MA, American Society on Aging; Terry Englehart, Senior Center Without Walls; Alvaro Fernandez, MBA, MA, CEO and Founder, SharpBrains; Hope Levy, MA, MA, There’s Always Hope Consulting and City College of San Francisco.

3) Teaching Brain Fitness in Your Community

September 4th, 1.30-4.30pm

Media coverage from the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and PBS has reported on a new wave in brain health programs for older adults. What are you provid-ing in your site? This session will give you a sampling of a model brain health series that you can conduct in your site. It will introduce you to the science of brain fitness, including many engaging brain exercises to do individu-ally or in a group. Exercise Your Brain: New Brain Research and Implications has been taught at several dif-ferent Bay Area locations including the Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes.

Learning Objectives

As a result of this intensive, participants will: 1. Understand the four pillars of brain health and three key principles behind effective brain exercise. 2. Build a repertoire of easy-to-do exercises, both individually and in a group setting. 3. Be able to explain to their communities why the field of brain fitness is growing, and how it will affect the fields of health and wellness.

Presenter: Alvaro Fernandez. 

When are where: September 2nd-5th, in San Francisco, CA. Brain Health Promotion day is September 5th.

To check the full agenda: Click here.

To register: Register Now (early registration until August 25th).

A few colleagues and I just had an interesting exchange on the recent article at The Atlantic, Is Google Making Us Stupid?, which basically blamed Google for literally rewiring our brains into more stupid brains (not being able to pay attention, read deep books...) based on a number of personal anecdotes and a little research. 

My 2 cents: this is a complex topic and we'd first need to clarify the question, before looking for answers to support or refute it. I found the Atlantic article superficial for a meaningful conversation, with its title and main premise making little sense: Google can not makes us stupid, in the same way that guns don't make us violent or pens don't make us good writers.

Readers have contributed a good number of haikus on brain-related topics. Below you have my  Favorite 7, and many other fun ones...which ones do you like the most?

Also, Can you write a haiku describing anything crossing your mind now? Remember the simple rules: write 3 lines, which don't need to rhyme, containing 5,7, and 5 syllables. You can leave your haiku as a comment for extra points...

My Favorite 7 Brain and Mind Haikus

- Techne, the philosopher, wonders:

Solve the big questions:
How do I know when I know?
Who knows the knower?

- Steve, the environmentalist, requests:

Neuroplastic good.
Plastic, though lasts forever.
Always recycle!

- GTB, the skeptic, says

Haiku's are easy
But sometimes they don't make sense
Refrigerator

- Millie, the spiritual, suggests:

Playing music feeds
my soul while reading music
nurtures my old brain.

- Mark,  the optimist, reflects:

I thought I did well
Then I reviewed my answers
I am retard

- jolovli, the boomer, tries again:

improving function
smoked too much weed in college
it's never too late

- Lloyd, the stressed-out, volunteers:

I thought so damn Hard.
My brain built lots of pressure.
I farted out loud.

Enjoy the many other good ones: 

- Terry says: 

New information
Synthesizing my knowledge
A forward movement

- Frank says:

Painfully easy
Significantly harder
Mental stimulus

- Chuck says:

This was fun, and no,
I don't intend to haiku.
Thanks for posting it

- Sarah says:

finding your teasers
added fun to my morning,
helped wake my brain up  

- Lorraine says:

teaching math is fun
when you find great resources
sharp brains is the place

- Psalm says

As my mind expands,
it grasps new ideas...oh look
there's something shiny!!

- anon writes

the noon hour portends
a burrito with salsa
brightening my tongue

- Mike says

See I think I see
Here now, not so - really real?
Wounded, mind leaves me

- Lisa

new thoughts activate
frontal lobe work hard, harder
no senility  

- Karen

Brain training others
Like watching the Earth open
One thought at a time

- Bruce

My brain stem works hard,
But the tests are much harder,
Need more grey matter

- Alvaro

Can perform better,
Learning, training, and practice
Body, brain and mind

- terri

strokes take speech away
someone should find a quick fix
everyone needs to speak

- qt

Aha, a challenge
for the brain to endeavour
sooner than later

- Stacy

Brain hurts so badly
Working night shift: not so fun
Need to get some sleep

- campercourt

It is morning now
The sun rose very early
Goodmorning to you

- kestrel

first white is purple

or it was red I think

now haiku, what next?

- Stacey

I thought is was fun.
Then it got a lot harder.
Wow i suck at this.

- anon

oh boy I wonder
will my teeny little ears
still hear loud thunder

of course it is true
the aforementioned thunder
came out of the blue

from the blue you say
I think perhaps you are wrong
but it's still okay 

Yours , please?

Busy as we have been, we only recently compiled the list of organizations who have purchased our Brain Fitness Market Report so far. We were impressed by the quality and variety represented, and the cross-sector demand for quality information in the emerging brain fitness/ cognitive health category. Seeing the list helps us prioritize efforts and coverage of market and research news and trends.

Below you have a selection of main categories, and a few selected clients:

· Research centers and universities: Harvard Medical School, US Army Research Lab, Oregon Center for Applied Science, University of Texas at Austin, University of Michigan.

· Older adults organizations and communities: American Association of Retired People (AARP), Sunrise Senior Living, Belmont Village Senior Living.

· Healthcare Providers: Sutter Health, Memorial Hospital Health System, NeuroCare Network, Mindmedi Clinic.

· Education providers: Memphis City Schools, several Jewish Community Centers, National Academy Child Development.

· Developers of cognitive assessments: CogState, Brain Resource Company.

· Developers of cognitive training programs: Posit Science, Dakim, Cogmed, NovaVision, Scientific Learning.

· Investors: BCM technologies, Osmium Partners, AKM Holdings.

· Consulting firms: BerCon Ltd, Behavioral Science Technology.

We want to thank these pioneers for supporting our market research efforts and the activities of SharpBrains´ blog!

In an emerging, dynamic, high growth market, like brain training, it is difficult to make precise projections. But, we can observe a number of trends that executives, consumers, public policy makers, and the media should watch closely in the coming years, as brain fitness and training becomes mainstream, new tools appear, and an ecosystem grows around it.

1. We predict an increased emphasis on brain maintenance in locations ranging from retirement communities to gyms. As a computer-savvy baby boomer population looks for ways to stay mentally fit, brain fitness, or brain training, is becoming part of their vocabulary and concern.

2. Physical and mental exercise will be better integrated. Physical exercise has been shown to increase the rate of neurogenesis, whereas mental exercise helps ensure the survival of any newly created neurons. Today both activities usually take place in very different settings: the former, in health clubs, the later, in universities. We predict that the borders between them will become more diffuse. Expect new programs such as brain fitness podcasts that allow us to train working memory as we jog or exercise bikes with built-in brain games.

3. Watch for a broad government initiative, similar to the one JFK led, to increase the public awareness of the need for brain fitness. It is becoming more widely understood by the medical and policy community that a combination of physical exercise, nutrition, mental exercise and stress management can help us maintain our brain health as we age. As politicians and policy makers look for ways to delay the onset of Alzheimer-related symptoms of our aging population, new initiatives may be launched.

4. Better and more widely available assessments of cognitive function will serve as objective baselines to measure the impact of cognitive training interventions. There will also likely be better diagnostic tests to identify early Alzheimer’s symptoms, for example. Reliable diagnostic assessments of cognitive abilities will help move this field forward just as jumping on a scale tells you if your physical fitness and diet program is working.

5. Improved computer-based tools will come to market. The growing pipeline of research studies will enable the market leaders and new entrants to refine existing tools and devise new ones. More clinical studies will show the benefits of brain fitness programs to address specific clinical conditions and learning disabilities.

6. Low tech options will play an increasing role in the brain fitness field. Already, increasing research is showing the cognitive value and brain plasticity impact of interventions such as meditation and cognitive therapy. More research and wider applications will help refine our understanding of when and how they can be most helpful.

7. Doctors and pharmacists will help patients navigate through the overwhelming range of available products and interpret the results of cognitive assessments. This will require significant professional development efforts, given that most doctors today were trained under a very different understanding of the brain than the one we have today.

8. Insurance companies will introduce incentives for members to encourage healthy aging. Many insurance plans today include rewards for members who, for example, voluntarily take health-related questionnaires that enable them to identify steps to take to improve health. Increasingly, brain-related lifestyle factors will become part of these incentivized interventions.

9. Investments in new cognitive interventions for the U.S. military will be commercialized. As the military increasingly funds research to improve the diagnostic and treatment of problems such as PTSD and TBI, the resulting products will ultimately find commercial uses.

10. Brain training will be added to corporate wellness and leadership initiatives. Large employers with existing corporate wellness and leadership programs will introduce brain fitness specific programs aimed not only at improved health outcomes but also at increased productivity and cognitive performance in the workplace.

These predictions come from our Market Report titled The State of the Brain Fitness Software Market 2008, the first comprehensive report to cover this emerging category.

Which prediction sounds more surprising? which one would you add? how could we refine them?

Your feedback is very welcome...and we will give a complimentary copy of the report ($495) to the person who provides the best suggestion by August 10th, either with a comment below, or sending an email to: report at sharpbrains dot com.

Unified Social Cognition

• By Norman Anderson

This eagerly awaited volume presents Anderson's cumulative progress in unified social psychology. The research is grounded in the three fundamental laws of information integration theory. Research shows these laws to apply to topics in social and personality psychology such as person cognition, attitudes, moral cognition, social development, group dynamics and self-cognition. This definitive work will broaden the appreciation of Anderson's unique treatment of psychological processes.

ISBN: 9781841698830

Published July 22 2008 by Psychology Press.

Welcome to Encephalon´s 50th edition, where you will find another superb collection of blog posts on all things Brain and Mind.

Enjoy these contributions:

Science & Technology

Mind Hacks reports that Facebook ate my psychiatrist. We can learn about the benefits of social networking sites like Facebook, bringing great perspective to recent and misguided media speculation (fuelled by a recent talk at the Royal College of Psychiatrists). Vaughan, will you please report on the benefits of participating (and, better, hosting) Encephalon?.

Dungeons And Dragons - Or Mazes And Monsters?: PodBlack Cat offers a thought-provoking review of the therapy (including self-therapy) applications of role-playing games such as the classic Dungeons And Dragons and the more recent massively multiplayer online games.

Cognitive Daily covers another type of game. In One more way video games might be good for you, Dave reviews a paper by C.S. Green and D. Bavelier that showed how  "spatial resolution of vision can also be improved by playing video games", and that "gaming might be used as therapy for older adults whose vision often fades in precisely this domain." As a bonus, you can conduct a fun experiment.

Uses of Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS): Brain Stimulant explores emerging and potential future applications of this non-invasive intervention. Weight loss? Alzheimer´s? Schizophrenia? Depression?. Check it out to read respective developments. 

The appropriate use of all these technologies, and others, will benefit from more widely available cognitive assessments. I analyze the Opportunities and Concerns of Computerized Cognitive Assessments, highlighting that health companies and the military are starting to use new tools to assess brain functions in contexts that neither neuroimaging nor traditional neuropsychological testing can reach.

Research

Compulsive Collecting of Toy Bullets and Televisions: Neurocritic brings up two unusual case studies from the neurological literature describe the emergence of compulsive collecting behavior following frontal lobe damage.

Jake at Pure Pedantry explains both The function of a Fearful Expression and its very evolved physiological effects, and why he couldn´t wait to read this Encephalon edition: I Want It Now-Temporal Discounting in the Primate Brain, commenting on a recent experiment.  

Attention Deficits At Work: Pascale here at SharpBrains reports, based on a recent large study by Ron de Graaf and colleagues, that workers with AD/HD spent more than 22 fewer "role performance" days per year (including 8.7 days absent) working compared with non-AD/HD workers.

Going with the flow: Calcium ion homeostasis and Alzheimer’s disease: Ouroboros highlights promising areas of Alzheimer´s research, specifically how "controlling intracellular calcium homeostasis appears to play a major role in controlling levels of the Aß protein, a major component of the senile plaques that characterize Alzheimer´s Disease".

Neuroanthropology lives up to its premise and analyzes The Cultural Brain in Five Flavors, presenting five different ways to think about the intersection of culture and neuroscience. Not only that, but they provide a brain-based understanding of "cultural learning" by exploring the role of mirror neurons.

Dr. Spurt comments on two recent papers: Reward prediction based on stimulus categorization in primate lateral prefrontal cortex and Neural Ensembles in CA3 Transiently Encode Paths Forward of the Animal at a Decision Point  (check out the animation if you have some time to read the context).

News You Can Use

Sandra at Channel N profiles a video on positive psychology and Laughter Yoga to enhance mental health: Oh Happiness.

Improve Memory with Sleep, Practice, and Testing: Bill Klemm here at SharpBrains explains the process of memory consolidation, or why, "a short-term memory is very vulnerable, as all of us have experienced from looking up a phone number only to have some distraction cause us to lose the number before we can get it dialed." 

That´s all for this edition. The Mouse Trap will host next Encephalon, on August 4th. Enjoy the week!

As promised in my previous post (10 Brain Training Tips To Teach and Learn), here are some of the resources that inform my understanding of the brain: books, conferences, and websites.

BOOKS

There are a multitude of books about the brain. For educators, the best of these are books that demystify the language of neuroscience while providing information applicable to the teaching/learning process.

Among the more prolific or well-known authors of this type include Jeb Schenck, Robert Sylwester, Barbara Givens, Robert Marzano, Marilee Sprenger, and Eric Jensen.

I have found books by Sprenger and Jensen to be immensely helpful. Both write about the brain in understandable terms, provide practical suggestions, discuss sensible ideas, and include innumerable references to supportive research. Three of my most referenced books by these two are:

• Sprenger – How To Teach So Students Remember
• Sprenger – Learning & Memory: The Brain in Action
• Jensen – Teaching with the Brain in Mind, Revised 2nd Edition

CONFERENCES

A highly stimulating and informative experience is the 3-day Learning & the Brain conference, which takes place three times a year. In the fall and spring it is held in Cambridge, MA, and in the winter it takes place in California. Each conference has an overarching theme, which is then broken down into six strands. In the past these strands have focused on pre-K through college; the April 2008 conference ushered in addition of an adult brain strand.

The L&B conference runs the gamut from renowned neuroscientists sharing their research to practitioners translating that research into practical application. There are pre- and post-conference workshops, and plenty of opportunity to meet and talk with all presenters, as well as conference attendees. I have attended three times in four years, anticipate attending both Cambridge conferences this coming school year, and hope one day to attend the California conference just for the fun of it!

WEBSITES

Websites provide information in a variety of modalities. Many of these sites can be used with students, who enjoy learning about their brains, and hence, about themselves.

Sleep

• Neuroscience for Kids – Sleep
• National Sleep Foundation
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke – Brain Basics: Understanding Sleep 
• The Franklin Institute:
The Human Brain – Sleep and Stress

Nutrition

• The Franklin Institute: The Human Brain – Diet & Menu
• National Public Radio (npr) – A Better Breakfast Can Boost a Child’s Brainpower
• WebMD – Brain Food Quiz: How Much Do You Know?

Movement and Exercise

• npr – Exercise Helps Students in the Classroom
• The Franklin Institute: The Human Brain – Exercise
• Brain Science Podcast #33: Exercise and the Brain interview with John Ratey, author of Spark: the Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain

Emotions

• The Secret Life of the Brain: The Adult Brain – video of Emotions in the brain
• Neuroscience for Kids – Autonomic Nervous System
• LeDoux Lab, New York University – Emotion, Memory, and the Brain
• OshKosh Area School District: Learning is Heavily Influenced by Brain Chemistry 

I hope you find these resources useful. The next article in the series will cover some Helpful Facts Teachers Should Know About Their Own Brains...so stay tuned.

Laurie Bartels writes the Neurons Firing blog to create for herself the "the graduate course I’d love to take if it existed as a program". She is the K-8 Computer Coordinator and Technology Training Coordinator at Rye Country Day School in Rye, New York. She is also the organizer of Digital Wave annual summer professional development, and a frequent attendee of Learning & The Brain conferences.

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