{"id":126169,"date":"2021-08-12T22:23:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T05:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/how-to-get-smarter-start-with-the-brain-itself"},"modified":"2021-08-12T22:23:25","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T05:23:25","slug":"how-to-get-smarter-start-with-the-brain-itself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/how-to-get-smarter-start-with-the-brain-itself","title":{"rendered":"How to Get Smarter: Start With the Brain Itself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/how-to-get-smarter-start-with-the-brain-itself2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/news\/tech\/future-of-everything?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">The Future of Everything<\/a> covers the innovation and technology transforming the way we live, work and play, with monthly issues on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-new-frontier-of-health-care-11599832856?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">health<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/whats-next-for-money-and-finance-11617897978?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">money<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/welcome-to-the-city-of-tomorrow-11623334555?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">cities<\/a> and more. This month is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-changes-coming-to-education-and-learning-11628784578?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Education &amp; Learning<\/a>, online starting Aug. 6 and in the paper on Aug. 13.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>No one has yet deciphered the brain signals that encode a complex thought, turn an idea into words or make a lasting memory. But powerful clues are emerging to drive the neurotechnology of learning, scientists say.<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/can-stimulating-brains-lead-to-controlling-them-11628308861?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">the frontier of neuroscience<\/a>, researchers are inventing devices to enhance learning abilities, from wearable nerve stimulators that boost mental focus to headsets for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/brain-implant-lets-man-speak-after-being-silent-for-more-than-a-decade-11626296422?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">wireless brain-to-brain communication<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Future of Everything covers the innovation and technology transforming the way we live, work and play, with monthly issues on health, money, cities and more. This month is Education &amp; Learning, online starting Aug. 6 and in the paper on Aug. 13. No one has yet deciphered the brain signals that encode a complex [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":621,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,1495,47,1977],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-health","category-neuroscience","category-wearables"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/621"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126169\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}