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Could the AARP Be Telling Us Not to Retire?
One might think so from the title of an article in AARP The Magazine, Why Work is Good for Brain Health.1 The article reports the results of a study from the RAND Center for the Study of Aging and the...
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Alzheimer’s and Amyloid Plaques
Much research is being done to develop tests for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease. But conclusive diagnosis must await death and an autopsy. Amyloid plaques are the defining characteristic of...
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Cognitive Exercise and Aging
There is evidence that training older adults in memory, processing speed, and reasoning skills produces substantial improvements in these skills. Moreover, these skills maintain over a number of...
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Astrocytes and Alzheimer’s
Astrocytes are star shaped glial cells found in the brain and the spinal cord. An interesting article1 explains how these astrocytes could possibly prevent or provide a cure for Alzheimer’s. It is...
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New Approaches to Alzheimer’s Disease
Between 1998 and 2011, 101 experimental treatments for Alzheimer’s were scrapped. Only three drugs made it to market, and they do not cure Alzheimer’s, they merely slow it down. Treatments that target...
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Memory in Old Age: Different from Memory in the Young?
This blog post was motivated by an article in Scientific American Mind, “Memory in Old Age: Not a Lost Cause.”1 The article notes that older people retain their vocabulary, their knowledge about the...
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An Update on the Prospect of a Cure for Alzheimer’s
A recent article provides an update on the prospect of a cure for Alzheimer’s.1 Here are some quotes from the article, attributed to neuropsychologist Peter J. Snyder, “There’s not going to be a single...
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An Antidote for Worry
First of all, worry is important. Worry is important so that you pay your taxes, save money, eat a proper diet, exercise, both physically and cognitively, and build a cognitive reserve. But...
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How Our Brain and Mind Work
Aristotle and his contemporaries believed that the mind resided in the heart. It was Hippocrates who argued that the brain is responsible for thought, sensation, emotion, and cognition. However, it...
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Healthy Memory’s 400th Post
It is difficult to believe that this is the 400th post on the healthymemory blog. These posts have covered a lot of territory. The primary focus of the healthymemory blog is memory. Memory is central...
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APS Session on Cognitive Reserve
The title of the session was “Cognitive Reserve in Aging: Can Leisure Activities Increase Neuroplasticity?” and was chaired by Brenda-Hanna-Piaddy of the Emory School of Medicine. The first...
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Comments on an Article Titled Now is The Time for Young People to Face...
First of all, let me state that I am in strong agreement with the title of the article. The author includes both personal experiences and statistics in the article. It begins with the story of the...
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Is It Smart to Be Tested for Dementia?
This blog post is derived from an article1 in the Health and Science section of the Washington Post. First of all, it is difficult to distinguish early dementia from mild cognitive impairment. These...
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Good News About Alzheimer’s and Dementia
About two-thirds of dementia cases are caused by Alzheimer’s. The next most common form is vascular dementia, which is caused by deterioration of the brain’s blood vessels and often involving minor...
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There Will Be A Brief Hiatus in New Posts on the Healthymemory Blog
Not that you should notice. There are well over 450 posts here. That should be plenty to read, ponder, and practice. As its title, suggests this blog is devoted to the development and growth of healthy...
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REST, Epigenesis, Neuroplasticity, Cognitive Reserve, & Alzheimer’s
The March 19 Washington Post published an article written by Angela Zimm, “Fetal brain protein reactivates in old age, may fight dementia.” The research was conducted by scientists at Harvard...
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Passing 68
I am 68 today, and I am still gainfully employed. Although I could retire, the reason that I’m not retired is that my foremost goal is to have a healthy memory. Data show a correlation between the...
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A Neurocognitive Framework for Ameliorating Cognitive Aging
This post is taken from a chapter with the same name, “Ameliorating Cognitive Aging: A Neurocognitive Framework” in the book Nurturing the Older Brain and Mind by Greenwood and Parasuraman. Brain...
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Nature vs. Nurture: Genetics, Environment, and Cognition
This is the title of Chapter 12 in Greenwood and Parasuman’s Nurturing the Older Brain and Mind. They begin the chapter with a quote from Rene Dubos, So Human an Animal. “Genetics and experiential...
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There Will Be Another Brief Hiatus in New Posts
Nevertheless with more than 550 Healthymemory Blog posts I think there is sufficient reading material. If I had to recommend one blog post to read it would be “The Myth of Cognitive Decline.” This...
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