Archive for the ‘elderly’ Category

iAbstract: Taste and Go (olfactory) abilities may help diagnose Alzheimers

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

Taste in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease Journal Journal of Neurology Publisher Steinkopff ISSN 0340-5354

Video game playing improves cognitive speed with no accuracy decrement: Research synthesis reprot

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

There has been lots of press and interest in the impact of playing video games and using various brain fitness programs to improve cognitive functioning.

What You Can do to Improve Memory (and Why It Deteriorates in Old Age)

Friday, June 19th, 2009

As a regular columnist for the newsletter, Sharp Brains - The Brain Fitness Authority , I have just posted an article that might interest those of you whose slipping memory reminds you that you are getting older. The article summarizes research that explains why memory often deteriorates with old age. But it does not hav e to decline, and the article suggests things you can do to delay or even prevent memory decline.

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What You Can do to Improve Memory (and Why It Deteriorates in Old Age)