This document summarizes a survey of brain-based priorities across different geographies and age groups. It was chaired by Dr. Olivier Oullier and included presentations on growth mindset by Eduardo Briceño and how it can affect performance, health, and other outcomes. Graeme Moffat then discussed the Muse headband and how it can help with meditation. Finally, Tara Thiagarajan presented on a study analyzing brain activity data collected across India to understand differences based on factors like income, education, and technology usage.
3. Beyond the US college student’s brain:
A survey of priorities across geography and age
Chaired by: Dr. Olivier Oullier,
Professor of Behavioral and Brain
Sciences at Aix-Marseille University
Eduardo Briceño,
CEO of Mindset Works
Dr. Graeme Moffat,
Director of Scientific &
Regulatory Affairs at InteraXon
Tara Thiagarajan,
Managing Director of
Madura Microfinance
37. Personalized + big neurodata for optimal brain health
Individual User data +
Machine learning:
Repeated measures to
refine intervention
Consumer-scale
neurodata:
Population diversity & specificity
for overall improved interventions
MillionsThousandsTens
Truly effective
Consumer
neurotechnology
interventions
Platform
39. Global
Brain
Diversity
What is the extent of
difference in the human
brain across the planet?
What experiential factors
drive these differences?
How do we cluster along
different dimensions?
40. Develop new analytical approaches
to extract interesting features of
brain activity from EEG recordings
and build apps and tools around
these.
Emotiv EPOCWhat
we do
43. Where We
Are Going
Building our database through
collaborations across the world
‘Brain Profiling’ application
Understand relationships to
Disease
Learning styles
Personality
Cognitive Abilities
44. 1700s
200 fold range of incomes
Mobility constrained by horse speed
No telecommunications
Limited energy use (wood, horsepower)
Diverging
Human
Experience 2000s
200 Million fold range of incomes
Wide range of mobility
Wide range of communications
Wide range of energy use
45. 400 people across
48 settlements (populations of 300
to 6 million, 20,000x)
50% male, 50% female
Ages spread uniformly across 25-65
Income range $300 to
>>$100k per year (~1000x)
Informed consent
The
India
Study