"Cognitive enhancement" refers to the improvement or boosting of mental abilities such as memory, attention, problem-solving, and decision-making. It means making your brain work better and smarter to enhance thinking and learning.
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They found that people with either condition are similarly impaired in these aspects, suggesting that
cognitive enhancement therapy could work for autism.
Future studies will be required to fully understand the stimulation protocols that provide the
best cognitive enhancement for a wide variety of tasks.
He is concerned about a host of side effects
from cognitive enhancement — not only the physical kind but the financial and societal, too.
But the claims made by smart drug advocates go far beyond offering treatments for devastating diseases; they offer
instant cognitive enhancement to us all.
I am about to switch my type of magnesium to a
more cognitive enhancement brand owing that I may be starting law school this fall and I have a bit of brain fog.
She is the lead author of a study in Springer's Journal
of Cognitive Enhancement which looked at the influence a three - month contemplative training course had on a group of adults.
Co-author Julia C. Basso, PhD, post-doctoral research fellow, Center for Neural Science at New York University, commented, «The studies presented in this review clearly demonstrate that acute exercise has profound effects on brain chemistry and physiology, which has important implications for
cognitive enhancements in healthy populations and symptom remediation in clinical populations.»
«The market for implantable neural prosthetics
including cognitive enhancement and treatment of neurological dysfunction will likely be one of, if not the largest, industrial sectors in history,» says Johnson, in a Medium post he wrote announcing his own investment in the company.
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In 2013, his team tested memory, problem - solving, attention, processing speed and emotion processing — the same
abilities cognitive enhancement therapy treats — in 43 people with autism, 47 with schizophrenia and 24 neurotypical volunteers.
In order to broaden the conversation
about cognitive enhancement, the Commission instead uses the term «neural modification,» which includes emerging technologies, as well as daily conditions and behaviors that impact brain performance.
In December 2008 Farah and a group of fellow neuroscientists and bioethicists wrote a commentary in Nature
on cognitive enhancement.
Two widely
available cognitive enhancements include the (off - label) use of modafinil and Ritalin (methylphenidate) to stimulate a person's focus, concentration or memory.
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Folks in places like BRIC countries [Brazil, Russia, India, China] are well aware that these are potent technologies in terms of cultural authority and power over time, and those who
eschew cognitive enhancement at any level are likely to fall behind.
Published in Springer's Journal
of Cognitive Enhancement, the research evaluates the benefits that people gained after three months of full - time meditation training and whether these benefits are maintained seven years later.
Folks who are sophisticated enough about neurostimulation to be experimenting
with cognitive enhancement would obviously benefit from having the option to test other forms of stimulation that frequently come up in the scientific literature.
The new six - year study, «
Cognitive enhancement therapy for adult autism spectrum disorder: Results of an 18 - month randomized clinical trial,» involved 54 adults and was led by Shaun Eack, Ph.D., M.S.W., Pitt's David E. Epperson Professor of Social Work and Psychiatry, and Nancy Minshew, M.D., Pitt professor of psychiatry and neurology.
The ability of compounds to reverse scopolamine - induced cognitive impairment is used as a model for demonstrating drug target engagement and
cognitive enhancement in both humans and animals [91].
So in 2016, HVMN — known as Nootrobox at the time — set out to prove itself by testing one of its supplements, a «
cognitive enhancement» called SPRINT, against caffeine in a landmark clinical trial.
«When I think of tDCS as a potential therapy or as a potential means for
cognitive enhancement, I'm thinking of more drastic effects on behavior, such as an aphasic patient beginning to comprehend things that they previously had difficulty understanding,» she explained.
At the same time, current evidence suggests that non-pharmacological forms of
cognitive enhancement, like exercise, sleep, and brain training, are as effective as any pill.
It might not sound as if Woo — cofounder and CEO of «
cognitive enhancement» supplements startup Nootrobox — is dieting.
Side effects may include an increase in mental acuity,
cognitive enhancement, improved memory and overall intelligence, and the ability to question things that you are exposed to.
Topics that were addressed include: the neuroethics of pediatric bipolar disorder,
cognitive enhancement, neuroscience and policy, and the neuroethics of forensic neuroscience.
The technical specifications for medical uses have yet to be clearly delineated, let alone the parameters for
cognitive enhancement.
Most consumer tDCS devices are not marketed for clinical purposes but for leisure and
cognitive enhancement.
To make sense of my mediocre performance, I contact Martha Farah, a neuroscientist at the University of Pennsylvania, who studies the craze for
cognitive enhancement.
The company's founder, Diana Jenkins, posed a question: «Instead of just having a regular caffeinated energy drink, could we also include nutrients for
cognitive enhancement and cognitive health?»
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Cognitive enhancement therapy improves outcomes for adults with autism.»
The study tested two treatments,
cognitive enhancement therapy (CET) and enriched supportive therapy (EST).
The common theme in all of them is technology, which is opening up new frontiers in mental health and
cognitive enhancement.
«When researchers use video games as a tool for
cognitive enhancement, they assume that game performance relies on specific cognitive / brain function, yet there is a little evidence that establishes such a connection,» explained lead investigator Chandramallika Basak, PhD, Assistant Professor at The Center for Vital Longevity, University of Texas at Dallas.
These results, published this week by the Journal of
Cognitive Enhancement, suggest it's possible to train the brain like other body parts — with targeted workouts.
Gains in the ability to sustain attention developed through intensive meditation training are maintained up to seven years later, according to a new study published in the Journal of
Cognitive Enhancement.
Cognitive enhancement is just the start.
A much cited commentary that appeared in Nature in December 2008 — an article co-authored by neuroscientists and ethicists — raised the prospect of routine use of «
cognitive enhancement» drugs by the general public if they could be proved safe.
State - of - the - art neuroscience at the University of Cambridge, combined with the innovative approach at Peak, will help bring the games industry to a new level and promote the benefits of
cognitive enhancement,» says Professor Sahakian.
Large - scale datasets that evaluate the efficacy of macro - vs microstimulation, stimulation region and hemisphere, precise timing of stimulation relative to endogenous brain states, and more, will be required to establish the clinical relevance of stimulation for
cognitive enhancement.