Negative emotions, anxiety and depression are thought to promote the onset of neurodegenerative diseases and dementia. But what is their impact on the brain and can their deleterious effects be limited?
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Older adults who play digital puzzle games have the same memory abilities as people in their 20s, a new study has shown.
Aug 14, 2023
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Emergency room visits for mental health crises spiked among children, teens and young adults from 2011 to 2020, researchers from UConn School of Medicine and other institutions report in the May 2 issue of the Journal of ...
May 2, 2023
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For older adults with clinical depression that has not responded to standard treatments, adding the drug aripiprazole (brand name Abilify) to an antidepressant they're already taking is more effective than switching from ...
Mar 3, 2023
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Can't understand what the grandchildren mean? Don't worry, University of Essex research has revealed it is only natural. A new study has shown that the brain's ability to correctly recognize emotional cues in voices declines ...
Oct 19, 2022
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A new study, led by researchers from the University of California, Irvine, identifies a reason for why older adults are significantly more susceptible to infectious diseases than younger people, a critical societal issue ...
Apr 12, 2022
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As climate change nudges the global temperature higher, there is rising interest in the maximum environmental conditions like heat and humidity to which humans can adapt. New Penn State research found that in humid climates, ...
Mar 2, 2022
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Older adults around the world are more willing to donate to charity than younger people, but will prioritize charitable organizations operating within their own country, new research finds.
Oct 11, 2021
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Older adults may be slower to learn actions and behaviors that benefit themselves, but new research shows they are just as capable as younger people of learning behaviors that benefit others.
Jul 21, 2021
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A strange thing sometimes happens when we listen to a spoken phrase again and again: It begins to sound like a song.
Jun 3, 2021
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