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Neuroscientist Takes the Quantified Self, and Own Brain, to the Next Level

June 6, 2013 by Daniel Oppenheimer Leave a Comment

Early this Tuesday morning, and every Tuesday morning through November 2013, neuroscientist Russell Poldrack will wake up, take off his headband-like sleep monitor, and tell it to wirelessly send data about his night’s sleep to a database. Then he’ll log in to a survey app on his computer, and provide a subjective report on how […]

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Silver Tsunami

November 27, 2012 by Jessica Sinn Leave a Comment

Psychology researchers target vascular disease to prevent the coming flood of Alzheimer’s patients It’s called the “Silver Tsunami” – the swelling number of baby boomers surpassing age 65. As medical advancements extend their lives, they’re expected to live well into their 80s and 90s – outlasting any generation in American history. But among Americans over […]

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