May improving students’ Working Memory be the key to unlock widespread educational gains in STEM subjects? An Interview with Prof. Torkel Klingberg

April 1, 2025  | Com­ments Off on May improv­ing stu­dents’ Work­ing Mem­o­ry be the key to unlock wide­spread edu­ca­tion­al gains in STEM sub­jects? An Inter­view with Prof. Torkel Klingberg
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Torkel Kling­berg is a Pro­fes­sor of Cog­ni­tive Neu­ro­science at the Karolin­s­ka Insti­tute in Stock­holm, Swe­den, focused on the devel­op­ment and plas­tic­i­ty of work­ing mem­o­ry. He has won numer­ous sci­en­tif­ic prizes and is a mem­ber of the Nobel Assem­bly and the sci­en­tif­ic com­mit­tee for the OECD  “Future of Edu­ca­tion and Skills 2030”. Thanks to a “Hap­py…

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On how the human brain deals with stress, “Stayin’ Alive”, and why frogs don’t have nightmares about giant children with nets

March 18, 2025  | Com­ments Off on On how the human brain deals with stress, “Stayin’ Alive”, and why frogs don’t have night­mares about giant chil­dren with nets
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___ As I was work­ing on the drafts of my lat­est book, my own brain was very active, to say the least. Seri­ous­ly! How was I ever going to write an intro­duc­tion to the brain, the most com­plex organ in the human body, that you, my read­er, would want to read, and that you would understand?…

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A few brain teasers to appreciate and engage your working memory

March 14, 2025  | Com­ments Off on A few brain teasers to appre­ci­ate and engage your work­ing memory
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Draw the let­ter J on your men­tal sketch­pad.  Now draw the let­ter D, and turn it 90 degrees to the left and put it in top of the J.  What does this shape resem­ble? An umbrel­la! Con­grats — you just exer­cised your work­ing mem­o­ry, a cru­cial part of our learn­ing and mem­o­ry sys­tems. Not only can…

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Why Working Memory is key for Thinking and Learning–plus 8 tips for students and teachers

March 13, 2025  | Com­ments Off on Why Work­ing Mem­o­ry is key for Think­ing and Learning–plus 8 tips for stu­dents and teachers
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(In hon­or of Brain Aware­ness Week we are going to pub­lish updat­ed ver­sions of some of our most pop­u­lar arti­cles. Enjoy this one on a fas­ci­nat­ing top­ic ‑work­ing mem­o­ry) Imag­ine dial­ing a phone num­ber by hav­ing to look up each dig­it one at a time in the phone book. Nor­mal­ly, you look up the number…

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The UK’s NICE rules against Leqembi (lecanemab) and Kisunla (donanemab) as Alzheimer’s treatment for the second time

March 11, 2025  | Com­ments Off on The UK’s NICE rules against Leqem­bi (lecanemab) and Kisun­la (donanemab) as Alzheimer’s treat­ment for the sec­ond time
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UK’s pric­ing watch­dog rejects Alzheimer treat­ments for the sec­ond time (Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal Tech­nol­o­gy): The UK’s Nation­al Insti­tute for Health and Care Excel­lence (NICE) has issued fur­ther draft guid­ance reaf­firm­ing its deci­sion not to rec­om­mend the Alzheimer’s treat­ments Kisun­la (donanemab) and Leqem­bi (lecanemab) for use on the Nation­al Health Ser­vice (NHS) in Eng­land. This is the second…

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On sharing useful brain health resources for industry and the public at large

March 4, 2025  | Com­ments Off on On shar­ing use­ful brain health resources for indus­try and the pub­lic at large
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How do you get out of the rat race and live your ide­al life? How can you set up a busi­ness that aligns with your pas­sions, and pro­vides finan­cial inde­pen­dence? Alvaro Fer­nan­dez did just that, turn­ing a blog into Sharp­Brains, a lead­ing think tank and advi­so­ry in brain fit­ness and applied neu­ro­science. In this episode…

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Stimulating wellness workshop with CUNEF student leaders yesterday in Madrid

Feb­ru­ary 28, 2025  | Com­ments Off on Stim­u­lat­ing well­ness work­shop with CUNEF stu­dent lead­ers yes­ter­day in Madrid
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Fan­tas­tic expe­ri­ence yes­ter­day lead­ing a brain-based Rebal­ance­ToThrive work­shop at CUNEF Uni­ver­si­dad! Both Alvaro Fer­nan­dez and I were blown away by the ope­ness and thought­ful­ness of the stu­dents. Muchísi­mas gra­cias CUNEF team for open­ing the door for stu­dents to pause, reflect and build lead­er­ship skills that will help them nav­i­gate their jour­ney ahead! Work­shop descrip­tion: This customized…

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Study finds mixed support for pharmacological, psychological, and neurostimulatory treatments for ADHD in adults

Feb­ru­ary 14, 2025  | Com­ments Off on Study finds mixed sup­port for phar­ma­co­log­i­cal, psy­cho­log­i­cal, and neu­rostim­u­la­to­ry treat­ments for ADHD in adults
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What is the research sup­port for phar­ma­co­log­i­cal, psy­cho­log­i­cal, and neu­rostim­u­la­to­ry treat­ments for ADHD in adults? What are some impor­tant lim­i­ta­tions of exist­ing research? These issues were com­pre­hen­sive­ly exam­ined in an exten­sive review study pub­lished recent­ly in Lancet Psy­chi­a­try, one of the lead­ing jour­nals in the men­tal health field, by Ostinel­li et al. The Study: The authors…

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Want to improve your Health? Start by boosting your Brain Health

Jan­u­ary 30, 2025  | Com­ments Off on Want to improve your Health? Start by boost­ing your Brain Health
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Our cog­ni­tion and men­tal well­be­ing are cru­cial fac­tors for our qual­i­ty of life and put us in a good posi­tion to con­tribute to soci­ety. Ulti­mate­ly, it can be near impos­si­ble to achieve phys­i­cal goals and demand­ing life chal­lenges if our brain health is not opti­mal. Yet most of us appear to be more con­cerned with…

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Study examines real-world impact of ADHD medication shortages

Jan­u­ary 9, 2025  | Com­ments Off on Study exam­ines real-world impact of ADHD med­ica­tion shortages
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Many par­ents and/or adults with ADHD report chal­lenges obtain­ing pre­scribed ADHD med­ica­tion. A 2022 report from the FDA sug­gest­ed that rough­ly 10% of Amer­i­cans pre­scribed com­mon ADHD med­ica­tions are impact­ed; a sur­vey by ADDi­tude mag­a­zine sug­gest­ed this fig­ure may be sub­stan­tial­ly high­er. What impact do chal­lenges obtain­ing pre­scribed med­ica­tion have on adults with ADHD and/or…

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About SharpBrains

SHARPBRAINS Advi­sors is an inde­pen­dent think-tank and con­sult­ing firm pro­vid­ing ser­vices at the fron­tier of applied neu­ro­science, health, lead­er­ship and innovation.
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SHARPBRAINS Advi­sors es un think-tank y con­sul­toría inde­pen­di­ente pro­por­cio­nan­do ser­vi­cios para la neu­ro­cien­cia apli­ca­da, salud, lid­er­az­go e innovación.
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