Study: Cognitive training can help maintain driving mobility

Brain train­ing could add years behind the wheel (Futu­ri­ty): “Old­er adults who par­tic­i­pate in train­ing designed to improve cog­ni­tive abil­i­ty are more like­ly to con­tin­ue dri­ving over the next 10 years than those who don’t, research shows. For a new study, pub­lished in 

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News: DriveSharp, Cognitive Health, Posit Science and CogniFit

Round-up of recent news on cog­ni­tive health and brain fit­ness: 1) Impres­sive coup by Posit Sci­ence: Wal­ter Moss­berg reviews Dri­ve­Sharp: A Review of Dri­ve­Sharp (Wall Street Jour­nal) — “My ver­dict is that it was easy to use, and it did indeed work on my abil­i­ty to rapid­ly recall the col­or and posi­tion of mul­ti­ple moving…

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MetLife Mature Market Institute: Meaning, Purpose and Cognitive Health for a Lifelong Good Life

Increased longevi­ty has gen­er­at­ed many ques­tions and much inter­est in healthy aging and retire­ment lifestyles over the recent decades. As Amer­i­cans become edu­cat­ed regard­ing lifestyle choic­es that con­tribute to both phys­i­cal and men­tal health, the def­i­n­i­tion of healthy aging has expand­ed to include brain health. The notion of retire­ment as a time of with­draw­al from…

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