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SUMMARY:Games for the Brain - Professor Barbara Sahakian\, University of C
 ambridge
DTSTART:20160219T173000Z
DTEND:20160219T183000Z
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CONTACT:Janet Gibson
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\n\nThere is nothing more important than good brain he
 alth and wellbeing throughout our lives. Yet while many people are concern
 ed with their physical health and utilise wearable tech and mobile devises
  to monitor their exercise\, steps\, heart rate etc\, we are not yet using
  technology to enhance our brain health and wellbeing.\nIn this lecture\, 
 I will discuss how neuroscientists can work together with other experts in
  game development\, IT and computing to develop enjoyable games for enhanc
 ing cognition\, such as memory.\nIn addition\, I will discuss how we can u
 se games to improve cognition\, motivation and the ability to function in 
 daily life for people with neuropsychiatric disorders\, such as schizophre
 nia.\nEveryone likes to play games\, so why not play one that is fun and g
 ood for your brain?\n\nBiography\n\nBarbara J Sahakian is Professor of Cli
 nical Neuropsychology at the University of Cambridge Department of Psychia
 try and MRC/Wellcome Trust Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute
 . She is also an Honorary Clinical Psychologist at Addenbrooke’s Hospita
 l\, Cambridge. She holds a PhD and a DSc from the University of Cambridge.
  She is President of the International Neuroethics Society\, Past-Presiden
 t of the British Association for Psychopharmacology and a Fellow of the Ac
 ademy of Medical Sciences. Sahakian is also a Member of the International 
 Expert Jury for the 2017 Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung Prize. She is a m
 ember of ACNP\, CINP Council and ECNP Review Board and a member of the Hum
 an Brain Project. She is co-author of ‘Bad Moves: How decision making go
 es wrong and the ethics of smart drugs’ (Oxford University Press\, 2013)
  and co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Neuroethics (OUP\, 2011).\n\nSaha
 kian has an international reputation in the fields of psychopharmacology\,
  neuropsychology\, neuropsychiatry\, neuroimaging and neuroethics. She is 
 perhaps best known for her work on ‘hot’ and ‘cold’ cognitive defi
 cits in depression and early detection and early treatment with cholineste
 rase inhibitors in Alzheimer’s disease. She has over 390 publications in
  high impact scientific journals. The ISI Web of Science database credits 
 her with a Hirsch (h) index of 102\, with some publications having over 30
 0 citations. Sahakian co-invented the neuropsychological CANTAB tests. She
  serves as a Senior Consultant to Cambridge Cognition\, a University of Ca
 mbridge spin-out that provides CANTAB (www.cantab.com). She is also a Cons
 ultant for Peak (Brainbow) (https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/peak-brain-tra
 ining/id806223188?mt=8). Sahakian has contributed to Neuroscience and Ment
 al Health Government Policy and has spoken on resilience\, brain health\, 
 neuroscience and mental health at the World Economic Forum\, Davos\, 2014.
  She was also a finalist for a World Technology Award 2014 under the categ
 ory of 'Health and Medicine'. She is a member of the World Economic Forum 
 Global Agenda Council on Brain Research.\n
LOCATION:LMH\, Lady Mitchell Hall
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