Tag: brain stimulation

Alzheimers Onset Less in Bilingual

Bilingual individuals who have been able to speak more than one language for several years are able to delay the onset of Alzheimer’s symptoms four or five years longer than those who speak just one language, Canadian researchers have found. Scientists studied 450 Alzheimer’s patients. Half of the participants had...

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Fighting the Aging Brain

This guest post is contributed byξAlisa Gilbert, who writes on the topics ofξbachelors degree.ξ She welcomes your comments at her email Id:ξalisagilbert599@gmail.com.ξ ξξ Everyone knows that the older they get the more forgetful they seem to be. This is because as we age, we not only begin to lose brain...

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‘Cross-talk’ in the Brain Slows Responses in Old Age

New research suggests that breakdowns in certain brain connections could be responsible for slowed physical reaction times as we age. Commonly known is that one side of the brain controls the opposite side of the body. Researchers call this äóìCross-talk.” This is regulated by an area of the brain called...

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Fit Brains Aims at Improving Resident Brain Health

Emeritus Senior Living has partnered with Fit Brains, an online brain game site, to improve resident brain health at the companyäó»s communities. The Fit Brains games, which are offered on the Emeritus Web site, were developed by brain health experts and target five major cognitive brain functions: memory, concentration, language,...

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Study Debunks Association of Brain Games and Cognitive Improvement

A new study debunks the theory that brain-training games help to boost people’s cognitive abilities. Participants in the BBC study got better at the games, but their general reasoning, memory, and planning abilities did not improve, the investigation found. The study followed 11,430 people‰ÛÓthe largest ever investigation, according to BBC...

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Internet Surfing Better Than Reading for Brain Stimulation

Researchers at UCLA are publishing a study in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry that finds that middle-aged to older adults who know their way around the Internet had more stimulation of decision-making and complex reasoning areas of the brain than peers who were new to web surfing. Reading didn‰Ûªt...

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