Posts Tagged ‘memory-decline’
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…
Read MoreDual decline in gait speed and memory function seen as most predictive of future dementia
Walking Speed Helps Predict Future Dementia (MedPage Today): Dual decline in gait speed and cognition carried a higher risk of dementia than either gait-only decline or cognitive-only decline, reported Taya Collyer, PhD, of Monash University in Victoria, Australia, and co-authors, in JAMA Network Open…
Read MoreStudy: Work in adulthood seen to significantly delay memory decline after age 60, supporting the Cognitive Reserve theory
Memory Loss Slower for Working Women (MedPage Today): Working women had slower memory decline as they aged than women who had not worked outside the home, a longitudinal study found. Non-working mothers were twice as likely to develop memory impairment at age 70 as working married mothers, reported Elizabeth Rose Mayeda, PhD, MPH, of the UCLA Fielding…
Read MoreThe best brain supplement to delay memory and thinking decline: A mentally stimulating job
. Challenging Work Tasks May Have an Upside for the Brain (new study): “Professionals whose jobs require more speaking, developing strategies, conflict resolution and managerial tasks may experience better protection against memory and thinking decline in old age than their co-workers, according to a new study
Read MoreBeta amyloid build-up in the brain may increase risk of cognitive impairment more than having “Alzheimer’s gene”
Plaque Build-Up in Your Brain May Be More Harmful Than Having Alzheimer’s Gene (Science Daily): “A new study shows that having a high amount of beta amyloid or “plaques” in the brain associated with Alzheimer’s disease may cause steeper memory decline in mentally healthy older people than does having the APOE ?4 allele, also associated with…
Read MoreDr. Gary Small’s The Naked Lady Who Stood on Her Head: Brain Fog
(Editor’s Note: what follows is an excerpt from Dr. Gary Small and Gigi Vorgan’s new book, The Naked Lady Who Stood on Her Head: A Psychiatrist’s Stories of His Most Bizarre Cases) CHAPTER TEN Brain Fog Summer 1990 Gigi and I had moved to Studio City, about a forty-minute commute to UCLA. On weekends, we often went…
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