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Education & Lifelong Learning

Complex occupations help protect our brains from aging-related cognitive decline

December 15, 2021 by SharpBrains

Cog­ni­tive aging: Work helps our brain (AAAS):

A recent study shows that work plays an active role in keep­ing our brains healthy. “We have demon­strat­ed the role of work­ing activ­i­ty on cog­ni­tive per­for­mance”. Pro­fes­sor Raf­fael­la Rumiati says … “Many stud­ies have been focused on the fac­tors influ­enc­ing our brain aging and dif­fer­ences in cog­ni­tive decline have been often observed in asso­ci­a­tion with edu­ca­tion or oth­er relat­ed to qual­i­ty of life. From our analy­sis it emerges that the type of work activ­i­ty also con­tributes to the dif­fer­ences in nor­mal and patho­log­i­cal cog­ni­tive aging”. [Read more…] about Com­plex occu­pa­tions help pro­tect our brains from aging-relat­ed cog­ni­tive decline

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: aging, brain-aging, cognition, cognitive, Cognitive Aging, cognitive decline, cognitive-performance, Education & Lifelong Learning, neuropsychological-tests, occupation, protective factors, working

Could I be wrong? Exploring research on cognitive bias, curiosity, intellectual humility, and lifelong learning

November 10, 2021 by Greater Good Science Center

A few years ago, I asked a sam­ple of adults to think about all of the dis­agree­ments that they have with oth­er peo­ple, from minor dis­agree­ments about rel­a­tive­ly unim­por­tant issues to major dis­agree­ments about impor­tant mat­ters. Then, I asked them to esti­mate the per­cent­age of dis­agree­ments they have with oth­er peo­ple in which they are the one who is correct.

Only 4% of the respon­dents indi­cat­ed they were right less than half of the time, and only 14% said they were right half of the time. The vast majority—a whop­ping 82%—reported that, when they dis­agreed with oth­er peo­ple, they were usu­al­ly the one who was right! (Pause a moment to ask your­self the same ques­tion: In what per­cent­age of the dis­agree­ments that you have with oth­er peo­ple are you the one who’s right?) [Read more…] about Could I be wrong? Explor­ing research on cog­ni­tive bias, curios­i­ty, intel­lec­tu­al humil­i­ty, and life­long learning

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Filed Under: Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: cognitive, cognitive biases, cognitive entrenchment, curiosity, disagreement, Education & Lifelong Learning, intellectual humility, Lifelong-learning, meta-cognitive, overconfidence bias

Report: 35% of worldwide dementia cases could be prevented by modifying these 9 modifiable risk factors

July 25, 2017 by SharpBrains

The Lancet Com­mis­sion: One Third of Demen­tia May Be Pre­ventable (Lancet report release):

“Today’s find­ings are extreme­ly hope­ful,” said Maria Car­ril­lo, PhD, chief sci­ence offi­cer at the Alzheimer’s Asso­ci­a­tion. “At an indi­vid­ual lev­el, many peo­ple have the poten­tial to reduce their risk of cog­ni­tive decline, and per­haps demen­tia, through sim­ple, health­ful behav­ior changes. At a pub­lic health lev­el, inter­ven­tions based on this evi­dence could be extreme­ly pow­er­ful in man­ag­ing the glob­al human and eco­nom­ic costs of Alzheimer’s dis­ease and oth­er demen­tias.” [Read more…] about Report: 35% of world­wide demen­tia cas­es could be pre­vent­ed by mod­i­fy­ing these 9 mod­i­fi­able risk factors

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: Alzheimers-disease, behavior changes, cognitive-decline, cognitive-symptoms, dementia, dementia care, dementia prevention, dementia risk factors, depression, diabetes, Education & Lifelong Learning, hearing loss, hypertension, individualize, Lancet Commission, neuropsychiatric, obesity, pharmacological interventions, public-health, social interventions

New studies reinforce Education and Cognitive Reserve –instead of drugs targeting beta amyloid– as most promising avenue to prolong cognitive health and reduce dementia risk

November 23, 2016 by SharpBrains

dementia-progressionDemen­tia Risk Declines, And Edu­ca­tion May Be One Rea­son Why (NPR):

“Some encour­ag­ing news in the bat­tle against Alzheimer’s dis­ease and oth­er forms of demen­tia: The rate at which old­er Amer­i­cans are get­ting these con­di­tions is declin­ing. That’s accord­ing to [Read more…] about New stud­ies rein­force Edu­ca­tion and Cog­ni­tive Reserve –instead of drugs tar­get­ing beta amy­loid– as most promis­ing avenue to pro­long cog­ni­tive health and reduce demen­tia risk

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health Tagged With: Alzheimers-disease, beta-amyloid, brain, cognitive-ability, cognitive-decline, cognitive-reserve, dementia, dementia risk, Education & Lifelong Learning, Eli Lilly, JAMA, solanezumab

Smart brains in action: 17 Sustainable Develoment Goals (SDGs) To Build A Better World

September 25, 2015 by Alvaro Fernandez

SDGsYou may have already seen in the news that the U.N. Dreams Big: 17 Huge New Goals To Build A Bet­ter World (NPR):

“At the Unit­ed Nations Gen­er­al Assem­bly this week­end in New York, U.N. mem­ber states are set to adopt the new Sus­tain­able Devel­op­ment Goals. The goals are meant to guide devel­op­ment pri­or­i­ties around the globe over the next 15 years [Read more…] about Smart brains in action: 17 Sus­tain­able Devel­o­ment Goals (SDGs) To Build A Bet­ter World

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: Applied Neuroscience, Education & Lifelong Learning, health, mental wellbeing, Mental-Health, sharpbrains, Sustainable Develoment Goals, technology

Update: Test your stress level with this fun brain teaser

July 31, 2014 by SharpBrains

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Time for Sharp­Brains’ July 2014 e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing a wealth of thought-pro­vok­ing insights, sci­ence reports…and this fun brain teas­er to deter­mine your stress lev­el.

New think­ing:

  • Why “dis­or­ders of the brain” deserve at least equal atten­tion as car­dio­vas­cu­lar dis­eases and cancer
  • Pre­lim­i­nary Agen­da of the 2014 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit (Octo­ber 28–30th)
  • Debunk­ing Myers-Brig­gs per­son­al­i­ty test
  • How to remem­ber what you read

New tools:

  • Upgrad­ing Edu­ca­tion and Health in light of Neu­ro­science: The Fron­tier of Gaming?
  • Study: Neu­ro­feed­back treat­ment for ADHD in only 12 sessions?
  • News: Launch of Brain Start-up Chal­lenge on August 1st
  • Brain Resource rais­ing $7m to expand cor­po­rate brain well­ness offerings

New sci­ence:

  • Under what con­di­tions can mind­ful­ness cours­es help health care work­ers man­age stress and burnout?
  • Alzheimer’s dis­ease can be delayed through lifestyle: New, large study joins grow­ing chorus
  • One more rea­son to improve edu­ca­tion and car­dio­vas­cu­lar health in devel­op­ing countries
  • How big data can aug­ment brain health clin­i­cal research

Final­ly, you may also want to try this teas­er to test your cog­ni­tive bias­es.

Enjoy, and have a great month of August!

 

The Sharp­Brains Team

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Filed Under: Brain Teasers, Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning, SharpBrains Monthly eNewsletter Tagged With: alternative ADHD treatments, Alzheimer's disease prevention, brain, Brain-Fitness, cognitive-bias, corporate brain wellness, delay Alzheimer's Disease, Education & Lifelong Learning, Gaming, health, improve memory skills, manage-stress, mental-exercise, mild Alzheimer's disease, mindfulness, Myers-Briggs, Neurofeedback, reduce burnout

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