Martin Nilsson

Cognitive Neuroscientist and psychiatrist Predrag Petrovic visited the Swedish podcast Psykologisk Forskning discussing his one-of-a-kind study on executive functions in the unexplored research area of football. Executive functions are concepts for mechanisms controlling the way we handle and adjust information affecting our behaviour. We can find out how to use our strengths and compensate for our weaknesses.

The focus is not on the individual’s good or bad qualities, but on the measurable cognitive profile. Understanding cognition is essential for you to contextually consider the impact on sleep, stress, performance/function and wellbeing.

John Axelsson, professor and expert in sleep and Neuroscience had his second appearance on one of Sweden’s most popular podcasts Framgångspodden, to shine light on the engaging topic of sleep, stress and effects on the brain.

“Cognition is everything” and has great effect on basic needs such as sleep. When sleeping, you recharge energy to the brain. Sleep is important to prepare the cognitive brain, rehearse new skills, ensures that daily activities is consolidated and fine-tune information processes for the next day.

The awareness of how sleep affects cognitive functions can help many individuals. And cognition is extensively measurable – with tools now available on the market.

Cognition means the mental processes dealing with information processing, thinking, feeling and decision making. Cognition is everything. It is involved in all human activity. It is highly individual and thanks to Cognitive Neuroscience fully measurable. With tools now available to the market.

Cognition is everything. It is highly individual and fully measurable. Understanding cognition is key in understanding behavior and performance in different contexts. This is also the main challenge in talent acquisition. And exactly what a neuropsychologist do. Measure, interpret and explain cognitive capacity.

Brain function deteriorates and we become more erratic the less we sleep. The brain becomes slower, we make more mistakes and above all the function of the brain varies more.

In addition to this general insight, with cognitive assessment tools, it is possible to measure our individual functional level and how it varies, for example in the case of lack of sleep or under pressure. The result is unique and sharp tools to better understand and guide ourselves to function optimally.

Read about Predrag Petrovic’s exciting research study.

The Guardian has featured research performed by our expert Predrag Petrovic on football / soccer and executive functions in an article about “Football Intelligence” and whether players can develop it.

In a study published in the research journal Biological Psychiatry – Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, our experts Predrag Petrovic and John Axelsson show that healthy individuals with ADHD tendencies will become significantly worse in cognitive tasks if they do not sleep than those without such tendencies.

This suggests that a large proportion of the population is especially vulnerable to modern way of life with less sleep due to use of digital media late in the night. It also adds to the unresolved question why the effects of sleep deprivation is so variable between different individuals.

This suggests that a large proportion of the population is especially vulnerable to modern way of life with less sleep due to use of digital media late in the night. It also adds to the unresolved question why the effects of sleep deprivation is so variable between different individuals.

Check out all findings and the full article here

Inverse reviewed and commented on the study here

We are very proud and honored to announce that Capacio has received the Top Assessment 2020 Award recognized by HR Tech Outlook in the category

Also, make sure to check out the article from HR Tech Outlook featuring Capacio and how we enrich objective assessment through neuroscience-based tools. You can access the article directly here and find out more.

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Capacio expert Predrag Petrovic was featured in the latest podcast [only in Swedish] of “Medicinvetarna” at Karolinska Institutet. Make sure to find out what he had to say about the effects and the use of psychedelics in medicine – especially when it comes to our brains.

Check out the full article here at Karolinska Institutet.

Capacio expert and sleep scientist, professor John Axelsson was part in the last episode of Framgångspodden, the largest interview pod in the Nordic countries, with roughly 3 million listeners per month.

Founder Alexander Pärleros aims to help people reach success in every part of their lives.

The featured episode (Swedish only) is about what we can do to support sleep, what happens when we sleep too little, and how sleep can help us optimize learning. And much more.

The podcast can be accessed here:

– PODDTOPPEN:

https://poddtoppen.se/podcast/985517492/framgangspodden/407-john-axelsson-forbattra-din-somn-original

– APPLE PODCASTS:

https://poddtoppen.se/podcast/985517492/framgangspodden/407-john-axelsson-forbattra-din-somn-original

If you want to hire John as a speaker or learn more about your own cognitive capacities with our test or are interested in Capacio AB, contact us for additional information and your personal, your team’s, or your organization’s assessment.