Exploring links between hearing loss, dementia and the ‘cognitive reserve’ — plus the role of hearing aids

By SharpBrains | February 10, 2022

How does your hear­ing affect demen­tia risk? (Alzheimer’s Research UK): With around 1 mil­lion peo­ple affect­ed by demen­tia in the UK, and 12 mil­lion peo­ple esti­mat­ed to have a type of hear­ing loss, it’s nev­er been more impor­tant to under­stand this link. One way that hear­ing loss and demen­tia could be linked is through our blood…

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Great interview on bilingualism, sports, education and neuroplasticity — en español

By SharpBrains | November 2, 2021

(trans­la­tion avail­able below) Álvaro Fer­nán­dez Ibáñez: “La edu­cación bil­ingüe ayu­da a retrasar prob­le­mas cog­ni­tivos como el alzhéimer” (El Mun­do): PREGUNTA. ¿A qué se ded­i­can los neu­ro­con­sul­tores? ¿Qué relación tienen con la edu­cación? RESPUESTA. En los últi­mos años ha empeza­do a aumen­tar el interés por mejo­rar la capaci­dad del cere­bro. Al igual que las per­sonas quieren estar en…

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Study finds that cognitive activity in old age may delay the onset of dementia by 5 years

By SharpBrains | July 20, 2021

Demen­tia Comes 5 Years Lat­er for Some (Med­Page Today): A cog­ni­tive­ly active lifestyle that involves read­ing and pro­cess­ing infor­ma­tion in old age may delay the onset of demen­tia in Alzheimer’s dis­ease by as much as 5 years, a lon­gi­tu­di­nal study sug­gest­ed. Old­er adults who had the high­est lev­el of late-life cog­ni­tive activ­i­ty had a mean onset…

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Study with 330 centenarians finds that cognitive decline is not inevitable

By SharpBrains | April 13, 2021

Age-Relat­ed Cog­ni­tive Decline May Not Be Inevitable (Web­MD): It is often assumed that a decrease in mem­o­ry and brain func­tion are inevitable parts of aging, but a new study of cen­te­nar­i­ans sug­gests oth­er­wise. Inves­ti­ga­tors found that despite the pres­ence of neu­ro­log­i­cal issues gen­er­al­ly asso­ci­at­ed with Alzheimer’s dis­ease (AD), many cen­te­nar­i­ans main­tained high lev­els of cognitive…

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The latest on Brain Health and Resilience, plus a few fun Brain Teasers

By SharpBrains | November 30, 2020

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing fas­ci­nat­ing neu­ro­science find­ings and tips, com­bined with fun brain teasers. #1. To cel­e­brate this quite-chal­leng­ing Thanks­giv­ing, here are five fun brain teasers that read­ers have enjoyed the most this year so far. It is always good to learn more about (and appre­ci­ate) that most pre­cious resource…

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