Update: A brain-friendly lifestyle is the best approach to delay cognitive decline and dementia

While the hip­pocam­pus tends to shrink with age, which con­tributes to cog­ni­tive decline, a recent study shows that this is not always the case (see all those blue lines), sug­gest­ing it can be pos­si­ble to main­tain hip­pocam­pus vol­ume and cog­ni­tive func­tion into our lat­er years.

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Time to wrap-up anoth­er stim­u­lat­ing month with Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing this time a range of promis­ing news for every­one with a (human) brain :-)

New tech for brain health:

• Neu­ro­engi­neer­ing meets neu­roethics to address treat­ment-resis­tant depression
• Study: Hear­ing aids may help old­er adults delay demen­tia, depres­sion, anx­i­ety, and falls
• Four guide­lines for smart use of smartphones

New brain and mind research:

• Reminder: A brain-friend­ly lifestyle is the best approach to delay cog­ni­tive decline and dementia
• Study chal­lenges the “seduc­tive” amy­loid hypoth­e­sis of Alzheimer’s dis­ease (AD)
• Study finds a key ingre­di­ent in mind­ful­ness train­ing: Accep­tance (not acquiescence)

New thinking to shape education and healthcare:

• What are the ethics of dis­cour­ag­ing much-need­ed inno­va­tion giv­en poten­tial pri­va­cy concerns?
• Help select the cam­paign stick­er for Brain Aware­ness Week 2020
• Sharp­Brains y El Cere­bro Que Cura se pre­sen­tan en Madrid
• Grow­ing con­cern and hope about astro­nauts’ cog­ni­tive health dur­ing spaceflight

Finally, a few riddles to tease your brain:

• Nine great rid­dles about Life and Death
• Sev­en sharp rid­dles to cel­e­brate Thanks­giv­ing in per­fect harmony

Have a great Thanks­giv­ing and December,

The Sharp­Brains Team