It is estimated that 5.8 million Americans are living with the effects of Alzheimer’s dementia. With a new case developing every 65 seconds, that figure is expected to surge to 7.1 million people by 2025. People who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease experience a progressive escalation of symptoms that increase like the temperature of a pot… Continue reading Five Ways to Shift the Direction and Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease
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Memory Training Needs to Target Specific Difficulties to Be Effective
When people hear that their memory will worsen as they age, the question on their minds becomes: “What can we do to remember better?” A study done at Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care in Toronto and published in 2018 in the journal Psychology and Aging suggests that training programs can help, but only if they… Continue reading Memory Training Needs to Target Specific Difficulties to Be Effective
Cognitive Cross-Training Enhances Learning
Just as athletes cross-train to improve physical skills, those wanting to enhance cognitive skills can benefit from multiple ways of exercising the brain, according to a comprehensive new study from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers published in JULY 2017 INthe journal Scientific Reports. A release from the university explains that the 18-week study of… Continue reading Cognitive Cross-Training Enhances Learning
How Older People Learn
Researchers at Ruhr-University Bochum in Germany asked test participants in different age cohorts to feel two needlepoints that were located closely to each other with the tips of their fingers. Older participants perceived two points as a single event even when they were located quite far apart, whereas younger people were still able to distinguish… Continue reading How Older People Learn
Five Ways to Control the Aging Process
What is one element of growing older that has surprised me? Control. You may think you don’t have much, but all of us have more control than we think in terms of our own aging process. I always assumed I’d grow old like my parents. In fact, after my dad died at age 60 from… Continue reading Five Ways to Control the Aging Process