Study finds sharp decrease (nearly one-third) in the prevalence of dementia among those 65+ in the United States

Demen­tia plum­mets by near­ly one-third among U.S. seniors, RAND says (UPI): The preva­lence of demen­tia in the Unit­ed States is declin­ing among peo­ple over age 65, falling dra­mat­i­cal­ly from 2000 to 2016, a RAND Corp. study says. Nation­wide, the age-adjust­ed preva­lence of demen­tia fell to 8.5% of peo­ple over age 65 in 2016, down by nearly…

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Study: Building cognitive reserve helps delay memory and thinking decline regardless of genetic or childhood markers

Build­ing cog­ni­tive reserve could pro­tect against mem­o­ry and think­ing decline, even with low child­hood cog­ni­tion scores (Alzheimer’s Research UK): New research sug­gests that peo­ple who devel­op high ‘cog­ni­tive reserve’ by the time they reach 69 years old may reduce their like­li­hood of mem­o­ry and think­ing decline, even with low child­hood cog­ni­tive abil­i­ties. The study was…

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Study: High Cognitive Reserve (CR) seen to significantly lower dementia risk even in the presence of high Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) neuropathology

Lifes­pan Cog­ni­tive Reserve—A Secret to Cop­ing With Neu­rode­gen­er­a­tive Pathol­o­gy (JAMA Neu­rol­o­gy edi­to­r­i­al): Giv­en the lim­it­ed suc­cess of ther­a­peu­tic inter­ven­tions for Alzheimer dis­ease, there is increased inter­est in under­stand­ing whether mod­i­fi­able fac­tors can help cope with or post­pone the appear­ance of brain pathol­o­gy. It is esti­mat­ed that about 35% of Alzheimer risk is mod­i­fi­able. Epi­demi­o­log­ic studies…

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Helping shape the future of lifelong learning via SEK Education Group

This week, as many stu­dents around the globe final­ly go back to school to meet their peers and teach­ers in per­son for the first time since March, it is an hon­or to announce that our very own Álvaro Fer­nán­dez Ibáñez has joined the Inter­na­tion­al Advi­so­ry Board of SEK Edu­ca­tion Group, which runs 9 bilin­gual IB…

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Coming soon: Virtual World Tour at the frontier of applied neuroplasticity, education and learning difficulties

Heads-up about Bar­bara Arrow­smith-Young’s upcom­ing Vir­tu­al World Tour to dis­cuss her expe­ri­ence, her book and her schools at the fron­tier of applied neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty, edu­ca­tion and help­ing kids with learn­ing dif­fi­cul­ties. Pre­sen­ta­tions are not­ed in EDT time (Toron­to, Cana­da). Please use this time zone con­vert­er to see the time in your region. Learn more and Register…

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