Activities that engage your brain, such as learning a new language and completing crosswords, as well as having high levels of social interaction, can reduce your risk of dementia.
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Our expert explains how our bodies’ many complex systems deteriorate, leading to an increased risk of falling.
People with dementia judge the passage of time differently, and can access remote memories from many decades ago while being unable to remember events of the past few hours.
As the number of elderly people increases, so do concerns about cognitive impairment and dementia. Minor difficulties with memory and thinking can be a normal part of the ageing process, but our recent…
Drinking alcohol, including regular heavy drinking and abuse, is not a direct cause of cognitive impairment in older men…
From iPads to Xboxes, the modern child has a vast array of electronic media to help alleviate boredom, pass the time and play online games. Parents may often wonder about the impact such activities can…
The tide is changing in our understanding of old age. For a long time, behavioural scientists have thought that old age is associated with cognitive decline such as memory problems, and difficulties in…
The combination of both heavy drinking and smoking in midlife can accelerate cognitive decline. Problems with cognitive function affects mental abilities such as thinking, knowing, judging and remembering…
A study published in The Lancet has shown that more people are living for longer, and functioning better in their old age…
Researchers at the University of Iowa had groups of people aged 50 to 64 years old and those over 65 play a video game named…
Life-long exercise, even in low frequency and intensity, helps to preserve cognitive function in later life, a study has…
Women with low vitamin D levels may be at greater risk of cognitive impairment and decline as they age. Vitamin D levels…
“Use it or lose it” is a catch-cry that applies to the brain as well as the body. For some time now, researchers have known that, in general, people who stay more mentally active throughout their lives…
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Lecturer in Psychology, University of Liverpool
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Research Fellow in Neuroimmunology, UCL
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PhD Candidate, Dementia, University of Sussex
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
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Senior Research Associate, UCL
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Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Warwick
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Associate Professor, Psychology, Heriot-Watt University
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Professor of Psychological Intervention and Behaviour Change, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Nottingham
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Postdoctoral Fellow of Medicine, University of Vermont
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Associate Professor, University of South Australia
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Professor in Ageing and Health, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Senior Lecturer - Exercise Physiology, University of South Australia
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Professor of Sleep and Physiology and Director of Surrey Sleep Research Centre, University of Surrey
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Professor of Biogerontology, University of Brighton
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Associate Professor of Psychology, University of South Australia
