TIME’s write-up: “You may know you’re not at your sharpest after a bad night’s sleep. But do you know when you’re best at learning? Or primed for collaborating? CogniFit seeks to offer such insights by building your Digital Cognitive Twin. The AI model uses short cognitive exercises to establish a baseline of your cognitive abilities,…
Language models identify psychiatric symptoms nearly as accurately as early-career clinicians (Medical Xpress): A study led by the Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH) provides initial evidence that large language models can identify complex psychopathological findings in transcripts of psychiatric interviews with accuracy comparable to that of predominantly young clinicians. The study examined 10 language…
Walk into a gym or wellness store and you might encounter compression boots, smart rings, creatine supplements and ice baths. Their use by elite athletes can function as an implicit endorsement, making them seem more proven or more broadly useful than the evidence supports. As an athletic trainer with experience in collegiate and professional sports,…
For centuries, defining and understanding consciousness has eluded neuroscientists, philosophers, and doctors. Is consciousness what it means to be alive? Is it knowing who we are, as individual people? How do we know if any being has consciousness or not? Now, with the dawn of generative artificial intelligence, what it means to be a conscious…
Today, September 21st, marks World Alzheimer’s Day, a global initiative to raise awareness about Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. To observe it, however, we will NOT talk about Alzheimer’s. Instead, we will discuss the other (and more positive and preventive) side of the coin: Brain Capital and the Brain Economy. The Brain Economy concept and framework…
How psychologists can spot red flags in mental health apps (APA’s Monitor on Psychology): Not long ago, patients might have told their therapists about a self-help book that inspired them or a conversation with a friend that unnerved them. And while these disclosures still occur, they’re increasingly accompanied—if not replaced—by mentions of the AI tools…
Across most of modern medicine, we have become very good at measuring the body, and surprisingly poor at measuring the mind. We routinely track blood pressure, glucose, heart rate, cholesterol, sleep and physical activity. We repeat these measurements because a single reading rarely tells the whole story. What matters is the trajectory: where someone is…
AI Is Redefining Cognitive Care: Global Survey Reveals What Professionals Want Next (press release): A new CogniFit global survey finds strong optimism around AI among cognitive care professionals, alongside calls for earlier cognitive check-ups, better monitoring of cognitive side effects of medical interventions, and greater integration of brain health into general healthcare. A new global…
Taxi and ambulance drivers are less likely than workers in almost any other job to die of Alzheimer’s Disease. That was the surprising result of a 2024 study(opens in new tab) examining the death certificates of nearly 9 million people in the US. These findings stopped me in my tracks because those two jobs rely on…
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