Our rapidly changing environment is profoundly altering our brains and minds

Our rapidly changing environment is profoundly altering our brains and minds

What does it mean for the future of society? How can we manage the risks?

WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A CRISIS

Our mental health and wellbeing is declining with each younger generation. This is a new phenomenon that has emerged in the past two decades and is more prominent in developed countries.

With an unparalleled global data acquisition and analytical infrastructure Sapien labs is at the forefront of tracking this decline, identifying its root causes and accelerating the path from data to insights to real-world action.

Mental Wellbeing:the ability to navigate life’s challenges and function productively, encompassing all of our mental capabilities; emotional, relational, cognitive and physical
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GLOBAL MIND PROJECT

The Global Mind Project is the world’s largest and most comprehensive ongoing global survey of mind tracking our mental health and wellbeing. It uses a tool called the MHQ to collect data from internet-enabled populations around the world.
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CENTERS FOR HUMAN BRAIN AND MIND

Embedded within Universities, the Sapien Labs Centres for Human Brain and Mind run ongoing programs for large-scale acquisition of brain EEG, biochemistry and mind health survey data to understand how changing social, cultural, environmental and technological factors impact brain physiology and mind health.
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LATEST RESEARCH

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Mental State of the World in 2023

Rapid Report

Ultra-processed food consumption and mental wellbeing outcomes

Rapid Report

Age of First Smartphone/Tablet and Mental Wellbeing Outcomes

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Mental State of the World Report 2022

Rapid Report

The Deteriorating Social Self in Younger Generations

FROM DATA TO IMPACT

Schools

Human Brain Diversity
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Workplaces

Global Mind Project
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Healthcare

Exploratory Research
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Lab Talk

Part journal club, part musing, we blog here about interesting and open questions in human neuroscience as well as new tools and approaches to research.

Mentalog

Mentalog is our blog on mental wellbeing. How to interpret your own, understand it in a population context and how to measure and manage it within organizations.