Brain

So interesting!

“The science behind our first platform, “Project: EVO”, was developed at the University of California, San Francisco by Dr. Adam Gazzaley, Founding Director of the UCSF Neuroscience Imaging Center and Akili’s Chief Science Advisor. Dr. Gazzaley’s research has led to a patent-pending new software-based method to measure and improve a key system of executive function known as “interference processing.” *

Reads & References

• Akili Interactive
• Adam Bluestein, Will Doctors Soon Prescribe Videogames?
• Grazzaley Lab, Neuroracer, Revving up brain skills (Nature)
• Alison Abbott, Gaming improves multitasking skills
• Neuroprosthetics: Sara Reardon, Memory-boosting devices tested in humans
• Pear Therapeutics
• My Cognition
• Eliza Strickland, Start-up Profile: Akili Diagnoses Alzheimer’s With a Game
• Lloyd Mallison, These Boston Startups Want to Treat Mental Illness with Video Games