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Akili Interactive Labs raises $160M in equity and debt to transform cognitive...
Akili raises $110m to build its digital therapeutics pipeline (pharmaforum): EndeavorRx became the first and so far only approved prescription video game treatment in the US when it was cleared by the...
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Study shows promising results of EEG-based brain training in helping adults...
Managing attention deficit disorder by training the brain (ScienceDaily): Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) affects about 7% of children, with a two out of three chance of persisting into...
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Study finds ADHD is associated with dementia
Multigenerational Study Finds Links Between ADHD, Dementia Risk (Health Day): Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) appears to be somehow linked to risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, a...
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Are ADHD medications overprescribed or underprescribed? (Quick answer: both)
Although medication treatment for ADHD has been shown to significantly reduce core ADHD symptoms in hundreds of studies, important concerns remain about it being prescribed inappropriately to children...
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Digital therapeutics pioneer Akili Interactive plans to go public in mid-2022...
Palihapitiya-Led SPAC to Merge With Akili in $1 Billion Deal (Bloomberg): Akili Interactive, a startup that has developed a video game to help treat attention-deficit disorders in kids, has agreed to...
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Study: Self-guided internet-delivered treatment can significantly reduce ADHD...
Although ADHD was originally considered to be a disorder of childhood, it has been clear for years that it also impacts adults. At least 60% of children diagnosed with ADHD struggle with symptoms into...
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Evidence review: Physical exercise helps boost attention, cognitive...
The impact of physical exercise on ADHD has been examined in a large number of studies. Collectively, these studies have examined whether exercise reduces on core ADHD symptoms, e.g., inattention and...
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Time for a universal “exercise prescription” for kids and adults to boost...
Welcome to a new edition of SharpBrains e‑newsletter, featuring this time a range of brain research findings, tools and controversies plus some brain teasers to challenge your (and our) working memory....
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Non-invasive Transcranial Electrical Stimulation (TES) shows early promise to...
While tDCS uses constant current intensity, tRNS and tACS use oscillating current. The vertical axis represents the current intensity in milliamp (mA), while the horizontal axis illustrates the...
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Study finds positive self-reported aspects of the ADHD experience among young...
– Three young Norwegian women. Source: Young and Promising show (SBS) As is true for children and adolescents, many adults experience substantial challenges related to having ADHD. These challenges...
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