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When you have to teach yourself a task and adapt to having that task speed up, …

How does learning by yourself compare with instruction when it comes to preserving brain function? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

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People who received memory and reasoning training or those who didn’t receive any brain training were …

Does having to figure things out on your own protect your brain better than other kinds of activities? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

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Among a cohort of 2800 people, those who received cognitive speed training compared to usual care …

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If you’re like many people you’d rather not develop dementia, so a new study demonstrating the …

If you’re looking to preserve brain health doing cognitive speed training may be best, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

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Cognitive speed training, where a computer is used to present an image and require tasks based …

What does 20 years of follow up tell us about activities to protect the brain? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

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Showing someone a visual task on a computer and then speeding things up so they must …

Is it possible to make personal changes to stave off dementia and preserve independence? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

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Brain organoids, cell collections grown in a lab to study diseases like Alzheimer’s, have created excitement …

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Using induced stem cells helps create models for diseases like Alzheimer’s disease that can be studied …

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Stem cells used to be derived from human embryos, but not anymore. Now a simple blood …

How do stem cells derived from blood differ from those from embryos? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

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Cells from your blood can be induced to return to what they looked like when you …

Stem cells are just the beginning when it comes to modeling your risk for Alzheimer’s disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →