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Wednesday 18 February 2026 — Last post

A review paper highlights the strong potential of smartphones and wearable technology to monitor and deliver lifestyle interventions

Researchers from the BBHI and the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) have published a review article in Frontiers in Digital Health on the use of emerging technologies (digital phenotyping) to assess or predict interoception, chronic stress and self-regulation in adults. The findings reveal a clear pattern: the evidence is concentrated mainly on stress, and most studies limit monitoring to less than one month.
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Tuesday 05 August 2025
Maintaining healthy lifestyles is linked to better cognitive performance in midlife
Adults who consistently maintain healthy habits such as physical activity, a balanced diet, and social engagement show better cognitive performance compared to those who do not follow these behaviors. This is the conclusion of a new study by the BBHI, published in Frontiers in Psychology.
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Wednesday 23 July 2025
A higher level of education does not reduce cognitive decline in aging
A study published in the journal Nature Medicine, with participation from the BBHI, changes the conception of the role of education as a factor in cognitive reserve as we age. Accumulating years of schooling does not help to reduce cognitive decline, as was previously believed, although it is associated with better memory.
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Monday 07 April 2025
La cinquena OnCodines Trail recapta més de 230.000 euros per a la recerca, inclosa la de la BBHI
La cinquena edició de l’OnCodines Trail va tenir lloc el passat dissabte, 5 d’abril, amb una participació rècord de 295 equips i una recaptació provisional de 232.601 euros que es destinaran a la recerca de la Barcelona Brain Health Initiative, la Fundació OncoVallès i la Fundació Enriqueta Villavecchia.
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Tuesday 01 April 2025
Xerrades ‘Llegir ens fa diferents? L’impacte de la lectura en cervell’, a càrrec d’Alba Roca i David Bartrés-Faz
Aprofitant la proximitat de Sant Jordi, l’Investigador Principal de la BBHI, David Bartrés-Faz, i la investigadora de la BBHI Alba Roca Ventura oferiran dues xerrades a l'Ateneu Barcelonès i la Biblioteca La Sagrera (Barcelona) sobre els efectes que la lectura té en el nostre cervell.
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Monday 31 March 2025
The BBHI stops posting on X
The main channel of communication with volunteers is still the newsletter, through which we periodically inform you of the latest news about the initiative.
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Monday 20 January 2025
David Bartrés-Faz, awarded in the ICREA Academia 2024 programme
The BBHI Principal Investigator is one of the 50 researchers recognised by these grants, which aim to promote research talent in Catalan universities.