Science and medicine have traditionally focused on measuring brain decline and diagnosing brain injury and disease. Measuring holistic brain performance over time and understanding the brain’s upward potential is the next frontier.
The BrainHealth® Pulse, derived from our BrainHealth Index, is a transformative, 10-minute assessment that delivers a rapid snapshot of cognitive fitness by distilling complex, multidimensional brain performance data into three actionable pillars: clarity, connectedness, and emotional balance. While the full index uses validated assessments, the Pulse distills its power into 19 questions proven to reflect meaningful changes in your overall score.
What you measure, you can improve. Your Pulse gives a clear baseline to improve brain health.
It’s quick. It’s rigorous. It’s actionable.
To advance understanding of the brain’s upward potential, Center for BrainHealth launched The BrainHealth Index (BHI), a holistic, multidimensional metric designed to measure and track brain health and performance. It is optimized for precision brain health, rather than diagnostic classification, visualizing an individual’s brain health as a whole while also reflecting multiple paths to boost brain health over time to guide goal-setting.
- Takes approximately 1 hour to complete (can be divided into shorter segments completed over 2 weeks), accessible via web or mobile app for iOS/Android
- Integrates core measures of complex cognition with both novel and established assessments spanning daily life/lifestyle, mental health, social domains, and purpose
- Provides an overall composite score and scores for contributing factors: Clarity (cognitive function), Emotional Balance (mental well-being), and Connectedness (social and purpose-driven engagement)
- Serves as a personalized metric rather than comparing to others – i.e., “you against you over time” – emphasizing sensitivity to within-person change
- Captures both gains and losses across domains that are known to respond differentially to cognitive training, lifestyle modification, and behavioral intervention