Heading to Dubai today (a 15-hour direct flight!), coming back to San Francisco next Monday.Last year I wrote about this remarkable new initiative by the World Economic Forum here (proposal) and here (reflections, emerging discussion). This year’s..
Topics: ageing, ageing society, aging, Brain Fitness Industry, Dubai, Health & Wellness, Summit of the Global Agenda

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Welcome to the 16th edition  of Scientia Pro Publica, the blog carnival  that celebrates the best science, nature and medical writing published in the blogosphere within the past 60 days.What are some of the fascinating topics you can explore and...
Topics: amphibian, birding, blog, blogosphere, bog carnival, daydreaming, dinosaurs, focused meditation, genomics, HIPAA, medical, meditation, nature, open monitoring meditation, science, Scientia Pro Publica, sharks, Stress

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We are excited to invite you to the first virtual, global SharpBrains Summit (January 18-20th, 2010). The SharpBrains Summit will feature a “dream team” of over 25 speakers who are leaders in industry and research from 7 countries, to discuss...
Topics: Adam Gazzaley, Albert “Skip” Rizzo, Attention Control Systems, baby-boomers, Brain Fitness Industry, brain fitness summit, Center for Technology and Aging, cogmed, cognifit, cognitive health assessments, Cognitive Neuroscience, cognitive technology, cognitive-vitality, Dakim, David Whitehouse, EDGE Innovation Network, emotional health assessments, Evian-Gordon, H-STAR, Health & Wellness, Holly Jimison, Jesse Wright, Jonas Jendi, Keith Wesnes, Kenneth Kosik, Lisa Schoonerman, MaRS Venture Group, MediaX, medical home, medicine, Michel Noir, Misha-Pavel, neurocognition, Neuropsychology, neuroscience, NIO, OHSU, OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions, P Murali Doraiswamy, Peter-Christianson, Richard Levinson, SCAN Foundation, Serious Games Initiative, sharpbrains, SharpBrains Summit, Stanford MediaX, Steven Aldrich, technology, UC Santa Barbara, UCSF, University of Louisville, University of South Florida, USC, USC Davis School of Gerontology, Veronika Litinski, vibrantbrains, William-Reichman, Young-Drivers-of-Canada

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Why do some people live to 100? Researchers are trying to find out, reports Meera Lee Sethi, and they're discovering how we might live better lives, not just longer ones.
Topics: Cognitive Neuroscience, Health & Wellness

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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) just announced more than $1.85 million in grants for research teams to study how digital games can improve players’ health behaviors and outcomes (both brain-based and behavioral).The press release: Nine...
Topics: autism, autism spectrum disorder, Behavioral Health, Brain Fitness Industry, cognitive, Cognitive Neuroscience, Dance Dance Revolution, Debra Lieberman, Digital Games, games, Health & Wellness, Paul Tarini, RWJF

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