Tag: aging

Study suggests online brain games can extend in-game ‘cognitive youth’ into old age

From the University of California – Irvine press release: A University of California, Irvine-led study has found that online brain game exercises can enable people in their 70s and even… Read more »

Study suggests mindfulness meditation may benefit adults with mild cognitive impairment

From the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center press release: There’s currently no known way to prevent older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) from developing Alzheimer’s disease. But there may… Read more »

Researchers identify genes linked to Alzheimer’s risk, resilience

From the Washington University School of Medicine press release: An international team of researchers led by scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has identified a pair… Read more »

Study suggests depression symptoms in Alzheimer’s could be signs for cognitive decline

From the Massachusetts General Hospital press release: Increasingly, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) research has focused on the preclinical stage, when people have biological evidence of AD but no or minimal symptoms,… Read more »

Study finds that older adults may be less distracted by negative information

From the University of Southern California press release: A new study shows that compared to younger adults, older adults are less distracted by negative information — even in the earliest… Read more »

Study links poor fit between job demands and reasoning with chronic health issues

From the American Psychological Association press release: Older workers whose reasoning abilities no longer allow them to meet the demands of their jobs may be more likely to develop chronic… Read more »

Study looks at factor that may play a role in age-related cognitive decline

From the Johns Hopkins University press release: Some older adults without noticeable cognitive problems have a harder time than younger people in separating irrelevant information from what they need to… Read more »