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Research shows brain training game leads to improvements in users' concentration

By Leontina Postelnicu 07:46 am January 21, 2019

WHAT HAPPENED Researchers in the UK have designed a game that can improve users’ concentration, with a version being released today as part of the Peak Brain Training app for free. The team that developed and tested the game, called Decoder, from the University of Cambridge’s Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute have demonstrated that playing it for eight hours over a one-month period...

Apple's wearables drive strong Q3, researchers contest 'brain training' games' benefits, and more digital health news briefs

By Dave Muoio 01:46 pm August 1, 2018

Wearables do well for Apple. Apple posted strong numbers in its most recent quarterly financial report. Of the $53.3 billion it generated in quarterly revenue (a 17 percent increase over last year), more than half came from international sales. Of note, the company’s wearable revenue — which includes the Apple Watch as well as AirPods and Beats headphones — has brought in more than $10 billion in...

InteraXon raises $11M for smartphone-connected wearable brainwave sensor

By Aditi Pai 10:10 am April 27, 2015

Toronto-based InteraXon has raised $11 million for its smartphone-connected brainwave sensing device, called Muse, according to an SEC filing. InteraXon previously raised $7.2 million in two rounds from Horizon, OMERS Ventures, A-Grade, which is Ashton Kutcher's fund, Felicis Ventures, and ff Venture Capital, according to TechCrunch. TechCrunch also reported that, in February 2014, Google had...