As a follow-up to the article Best books on brain health and cognitive fitness according to ChatSpot and ChatGPT we decided to find out what these popular AI chatbots say about books to understand and improve cognitive ability and skills. Here you are: (Links open corresponding Amazon book pages) Best books on cognitive ability and skills, per ChatSpot: Here are some highly recommended books on cognitive ability and skills: 1. “Thinking, Fast and Slow” by Daniel Kahneman: This book explores the two systems of thinking that drive our decision-making processes and provides insights into cognit ..read more

Study questions benefit of new Alzheimer’s drug (UGA Today): Last summer, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration fully approved the first drug shown to slow the progress of Alzheimer’s. But new research from the University of Georgia suggests that patients and caregivers may not experience any benefit from the drug in their daily lives. The drug, Leqembi, became eligible for coverage through Medicare, making it more affordable for the millions of Americans in the early stages of the disease. But experts remained skeptical that the drug provided enough benefit to justify the cost and potential ..read more

Brain Health in 2030: Navigating Neuroplasticity & the Digital Health Market from SharpBrains Keynote delivered by Álvaro Fernández, CEO of SharpBrains, during corporate retreat. Key message: Our very human brains and minds are the most sophisticated technology at our disposal, so we should invest more time learning about how they work and harnessing neuroplasticity-based methods ways to improve them, augmented by digital tools –before jumping into invasive interventions. What’s New: Lifelong neurogenesis and neuroplasticity Building Cognitive Reserve New toolkit & mindset: think Fun ..read more

It’s hard to address important issues in our lives or in society if we are stressed, depleted, and isolated. Perhaps that’s why many of 2023’s favorite books offer approaches for real self-care. They focus on how to manage stress, find more happiness in life, seek wonder and inspiration, appreciate art, understand our personal strengths, or change our mindset in healthy ways. In each of these books, the authors aspire to help us find greater health and happiness as we cope with life in the present, while working toward a healthier, more compassionate world for all. Tomorrowmind: Thriving at Wo ..read more

Employers Are Offering a New Worker Benefit: Wellness Chatbots (The Wall Street Journal): More workers feeling anxious, stressed or blue have a new place to go for mental-health help: a digital app. Chatbots that hold therapist-like conversations and wellness apps that deliver depression and other diagnoses or identify people at risk of self-harm are snowballing across employers’ healthcare benefits. “The demand for counselors is huge, but the supply of mental-health providers is shrinking,” said J. Marshall Dye, chief executive officer of PayrollPlans, a Dallas-based provider of benefits sof ..read more

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Welcome to a new edition of SharpBrains e‑newsletter, featuring fascinating research findings on lifestyle, protective brain structures, Internet access, mental health, brain imaging, and more. #1. Lifestyle matters: What we can do in 2024 to optimize cognition and life, delaying cognitive problems even dementia “Actor Chris Hemsworth…watched his grandfather live with Alzheimer’s and is making lifestyle changes after learning he has two copies of the APOE4 gene. This gene is a risk factor for Alzheimer’s, and having two copies significantly increases his risk of developing the same condition ..read more

Dear SharpBrains reader and friend, please take a few minutes to provide your feedback as we’re preparing a substantial update of The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness and our overall activities.   Take Survey Here The post Please help us shape SharpBrains books, activities and services appeared first on SharpBrains ..read more

Walk 10,000 steps a day, cut back alcohol, get better sleep at night, stay socially active — we’re told that changes like these can prevent up to 40 per cent of dementia cases worldwide. Given that dementia is still one of the most feared diseases, why aren’t we pushing our doctors and governments to support these lifestyle changes through new programs and policy initiatives? The truth, however, is more complex. We know that making lifestyle changes is hard. Ask anyone who has tried to keep their New Year’s resolution to visit the gym three times a week. It can be doubly difficult when the cha ..read more

Study questions benefit of new Alzheimer’s drug (UGA Today): Last summer, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration fully approved the first drug shown to slow the progress of Alzheimer’s. But new research from the University of Georgia suggests that patients and caregivers may not experience any benefit from the drug in their daily lives. The drug, Leqembi, became eligible for coverage through Medicare, making it more affordable for the millions of Americans in the early stages of the disease. But experts remained skeptical that the drug provided enough benefit to justify the cost and potential ..read more