Sharp Brains: Brain Fitness and Cognitive Health News

Neuroplasticity, Brain Fitness and Cognitive Health News

Endorsements

“This ground­break­ing report pro­vides a defin­i­tive overview of the emerg­ing Brain Fit­ness indus­try — an impor­tant cat­e­gory to watch for every gam­ing and health­care exec­u­tive and investor. Sharp­Brains’ com­pre­hen­sive report defines a clear scope for the mar­ket and also charts its evo­lu­tion, path and key trends.“
– Tim Chang, Prin­ci­pal at Nor­west Ven­ture Partners.

An in-depth and cred­i­ble mar­ket research report that pro­vides an objec­tive view for investors and exec­u­tives look­ing for gam­ing and health oppor­tu­ni­ties in the grow­ing “brain train­ing” space. This report is a must-read to under­stand the state of the mar­ket, the play­ers, and key trends.
– Daniel Gold­man, founder of Total Enter­tain­ment Net­work and for­mer exec­u­tive at Posit Sci­ence Corporation.

This is the first clear, con­cise and com­pre­hen­sive overview and analy­sis I have seen of the emerg­ing Brain-Fitness mar­ket­place. It is a great mar­ket research for every investor, entre­pre­neur, man­ager, researcher and oth­ers who seek an under­stand­ing of the sub­ject. “
– Danny Dankner, CEO, Applied Cog­ni­tive Engi­neer­ing (ACE).

As our pop­u­la­tion ages the fields of phys­i­cal fit­ness and brain fit­ness will nat­u­rally merge and, as this hap­pens, a whole new field of val­ued added ser­vices will emerge for our mem­bers. High qual­ity mar­ket reports such as Sharp­Brains’ are cru­cial to the suc­cess of this merger.”
– Robin Klaus, Chair­man, Club One Fit­ness Centers.

Sharp­Brains’ reports are break­ing impor­tant new ground, help­ing to struc­ture, fore­cast, and bring qual­ity infor­ma­tion to the emerg­ing brain fit­ness cat­e­gory. In doing so, they are help­ing to build an emerg­ing mar­ket, one that has vir­tu­ally unlim­ited poten­tial to bring value to indi­vid­u­als, busi­nesses, and soci­ety. In that regard, his work is not much dif­fer­ent than — and just as impor­tant as — the boom­ing mar­kets for green and clean tech­nol­ogy.”
– Joel Makower, Chair­man, Greener World Media.

I have the oppor­tu­nity to col­lab­o­rate with Alvaro Fer­nan­dez in the frame­work of the Global Agenda Coun­cil on the Future of the Aging Soci­ety. Our aging soci­ety relies on ambas­sadors like Alvaro and Sharp­Brains who ensure appro­pri­ate empha­sis on brain health while fur­ther­ing the dis­cus­sion on aging.”
– Mar­tin Naegele, Knowl­edge Man­ager, World Eco­nomic Forum.

“Finally, an insight­ful and com­plete overview of the sci­ence, com­pa­nies and trends in the brain fit­ness field. A must-read for every­one offer­ing prod­ucts and ser­vices to boomers and elders.“
– Glo­ria Cavanaugh, for­mer Pres­i­dent & CEO of the Amer­i­can Soci­ety on Aging and found­ing Board mem­ber of the National Alliance for Caregiving.

We rec­og­nize the impor­tance of brain health and how much the health of the brain and the body are inter­de­pen­dent. The mar­ket report helped us fur­ther tar­get our coach­ing efforts to inte­grate brain fit­ness and upgrade our entire coach­ing plat­form. It is easy to read and gives you the indus­try per­spec­tive in a thor­ough yet con­cise man­ner. I highly rec­om­mend it!
– Mar­garet Sabin, CEO of Sut­ter Health Part­ners and Vice Pres­i­dent, New Prod­uct Devel­op­ment, for Sut­ter Health.

In a widely scat­tered and unreg­u­lated field, this clear, cred­i­ble doc­u­ment is a first-class, pio­neer­ing com­pendium that’s likely to become industry-standard for all of us in this field. Well done!”.
– Eric Jensen, Founder of Jensen Learn­ing Corporation.

This report is a must have for those in the brain health indus­try. Finally, an easy to use objec­tive resource orga­niz­ing the flurry of global brain health activ­i­ties. The State of the Brain Fit­ness Soft­ware Mar­ket report not only tells the story of cog­ni­tive train­ing and brain fit­ness, but pro­vides a broad range of data allow­ing one to more swiftly nav­i­gate the cur­rent ter­rain and future land­scape.“
– Debra Ray­bold, Direc­tor, Brain Health Cen­ter, Memo­r­ial Hos­pi­tal Health Sys­tem, South Bend, Indiana.

The report met and exceeded all of our expec­ta­tions. The report’s clar­ity and fac­tual basis was refresh­ing. I found it hard to put down. Our follow-up brain­storm ses­sion with Alvaro was the icing on the cake. Thank you Sharp­Brains for putting together such a com­pre­hen­sive body of infor­ma­tion and sup­port to assist in the launch of our busi­ness.“
– Adam Mer­ri­field, CFO AKM Hold­ings, Inc.

“This report is com­pre­hen­sive to say the least. It pro­vides an essen­tial ser­vice for long term care orga­ni­za­tions who want to pro­vide mind-enhancing pro­grams and ser­vices. There is a bewil­der­ing array of tech­nol­ogy cur­rently avail­able. Few, if any, of us have the resources or exper­tise to sort through all the lit­er­a­ture to help deter­mine what may work best for a given group of res­i­dents, as well as what is most prac­ti­cal from a staff imple­men­ta­tion per­spec­tive. The State of the Brain Fit­ness Mar­ket report helps sort out the strengths and capac­i­ties of these new tech­nolo­gies and answers some urgent ques­tions.“
– Bev­erly San­born, Vice Pres­i­dent of Activ­i­ties and Mem­ory Pro­grams at Bel­mont Vil­lages Senior Living.

The State of the Brain Fit­ness Soft­ware Mar­ket 2008 report has pro­vided us with a wealth of infor­ma­tion and has helped us val­i­date our busi­ness plan. Sharp­Brains has done a great job in gath­er­ing all the rel­e­vant knowl­edge, cur­rent state of the mar­ket and pro­ject­ing the future direc­tion. This is another step in defin­ing science-based Brain fit­ness as a cat­e­gory in it own right.“
– Raza Shaikh , Founder mCognix.

The 2008 State of the Brain Fit­ness Soft­ware Mar­ket report is a timely analy­sis of the sta­tus of this new and emerg­ing mar­ket…health­care and insur­ance lead­ers will ben­e­fit immensely from this state of the art, com­pre­hen­sive overview and insight­ful analy­sis.“
Larry McCleary, M. D., for­mer act­ing Chief of Pedi­atric Neu­ro­surgery at Den­ver Children’s Hospital.

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Welcome to SharpBrains!

As seen in The New York Times, The Wall Street Jour­nal, CNN and more, Sharp­Brains is an inde­pen­dent mar­ket research and inno­va­tion think tank track­ing brain fit­ness and applied neu­ro­plas­tic­ity research and mar­ket­place. AARP recently named The Sharp­Brains Guide to Brain Fit­ness a Best Book on the subject.

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Top 30 Articles

  1. Top 50 Brain Teasers, by Sharp­Brains Team
  2. The Ten Habits of Highly Effec­tive Brains, by Alvaro Fernandez
  3. Why do You Turn Down the Radio When You’re Lost?, by Car­o­line Latham
  4. Brain Plas­tic­ity: How learn­ing changes your brain, by Pas­cale Michelon
  5. Top 10 Brain Fit­ness Future Trends, by Alvaro Fernandez
  6. 7 FAQs on Men­tal Exer­cise, by Alvaro Fernandez
  7. It is Not Only Cars That Deserve Good Main­te­nance: Brain Care 101, by Alvaro Fernandez
  8. Eval­u­a­tion Check­list for Brain Fit­ness prod­ucts and games, by Alvaro Fernandez
  9. MIT Event on Brain Games: Con­text, Trends, Ques­tions, by Alvaro Fernandez
  10. Stress Man­age­ment Work­shop for Inter­na­tional Women’s Day, by Alvaro Fernandez
  11. Mind­ful­ness and Med­i­ta­tion in Schools for Stress Man­age­ment, by Jill Sutie
  12. Stress and Neural Wreck­age: Part of the Brain Plas­tic­ity Puz­zle, by Gre­gory Kellet
  13. How can I improve my short term mem­ory?, by Car­o­line Latham
  14. Cog­ni­tive and Emo­tional Devel­op­ment Through Play, by David Elkind
  15. Judith Beck: Train Your Brain to Think Like a Thin Per­son, by Alvaro Fernandez
  16. Easy Steps to Improve Brain Health, by Car­o­line Latham
  17. Info­graphic: State of the Mar­ket 2009, by Paul Van Slembrouck
  18. Improve Mem­ory with Sleep, Prac­tice, and Test­ing, by Bill Klemm
  19. 10 Brain Tips To Teach and Learn, by Lau­rie Bartels
  20. Dr. Elkhonon Gold­berg on Cog­ni­tive Train­ing and Brain Fit­ness, by Alvaro Fernandez
  21. Max­i­mize the Cog­ni­tive Value of Your Men­tal Work­out, by Schlomo Breznitz
  22. Brain Fit­ness Pro­gram and Neu­ro­plas­tic­ity @ PBS, by Alvaro Fernandez
  23. Mind­ful­ness Med­i­ta­tion for Adults & Teens with ADHD, by David Rabiner
  24. Can Intel­li­gence Be Trained? Mar­tin Buschkuehl shows how, by Alvaro Fernandez
  25. How Strong is the Research Sup­port for Neu­ro­feed­back in Atten­tion Deficits?, by David Rabiner
  26. Exer­cis­ing the body is exer­cis­ing the mind, by Adrian Preda
  27. Brain Evo­lu­tion and Why it is Mean­ing­ful Today to Improve Our Brain Health, by Larry McCleary
  28. Phys­i­cal Exer­cise and Brain Health, by Pas­cale Michelon
  29. Posit Sci­ence, Nin­tendo Brain Age, and Brain Train­ing Top­ics, by Alvaro Fernandez
  30. Sleep, Tetris, Mem­ory and the Brain, by Shan­non Moffet
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