Posts Tagged ‘Cognitive Aging’
Study: To improve brain health you need BOTH aerobic and cognitive exercise
Mental, physical exercises produce distinct brain benefits (Science Daily): “Cognitive brain training improves executive function whereas aerobic activity improves memory, according to new Center for BrainHealth research at The University of Texas at Dallas
Read MoreStudy points to growing cognitive gap between high-volume TV watchers and infrequent watchers
Too Much TV And Chill Could Reduce Brain Power Over Time (NPR): “Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco checked in with 3,247 people for 25 years, starting when they were young adults…People who got little exercise or watched at least three hours of TV a day did worse
Read MoreNew report by the Institute of Medicine on cognitive health promotion
Title: Cognitive Aging: Progress in Understanding and Opportunities for Action Report brief (opens PDF) Read full report online Description: People forget things—a name, where they put their keys, a phone number—and yet what is dismissed as a minor inconvenience at 25 years of age, can evolve into a momentary anxiety at 35, and a major source…
Read MoreTo delay dementia, try challenging (vs. routine) brain stimulation…up to a point
Brain games that could pay off in retirement (MarketWatch): “Cognitive aging is the biggest health crisis in our country,” said Denise C. Park…the monetary cost of dementia in the U.S. tops $157 billion annually, according to estimates by the Rand Corp.—and that number could more than
Read MoreLearning a second language, at any age, leads to better cognitive abilities
Learning second language ‘slows brain ageing’ (BBC): “Learning a second language can have a positive effect on the brain, even if it is taken up in adulthood, a University of Edinburgh study suggests…Using data from intelligence tests on 262 Edinburgh-born individuals at the age of 11, the study looked at how their cognitive abilities had…
Read MoreNew Research Partnership in Cognitive Aging
via Press release: The Research Partnership in Cognitive Aging, a public-private effort to promote the study of brain function with age, will award up to $28 million over five years to 17 research grants to examine the neural and behavioral profiles of healthy cognitive aging and explore interventions that may prevent, reduce or reverse cognitive…
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