Learning another language is not a miracle cure for aging, and it cannot guarantee protection against Alzheimer’s disease. But it does have various other benefits.
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Two decades after the Women’s Health Initiative study, evolving research on menopause hormone therapy is shedding new light on women’s brain health.
Study suggests accelerated brain ageing is a factor in the development of schizophrenia – and can be measured using a simple blood test.
Dementia does not manifest solely as a memory problem. People with dementia can also experience issues with learning, comprehension and judgement, but they may also experience changes in behaviour.
Dancing requires physical, social and cognitive engagement and, as a result, it may bolster a wide network of brain regions.
Like a Scrabble habit, a passion for Wordle isn’t likely to make you smarter or ward off brain aging. But it may give you a daily dose of complex cognition combined with social interaction.
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Associate Professor of Medicine and Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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Senior Research Fellow of Linguistics, University of Colorado Boulder; Griffith University; University of New England