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The Brain Throughout Life Worksheet
Help your students better understand that their brains are always changing with this reading and activity.
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The Promise and Perils of Brain Training
Brain training might help you stay sharp as you get older — but it won’t make you a genius.
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Does Brain Training Support Healthy Cognitive Aging?
Online “brain-training” games claim to help strengthen your mental muscles through regular practice. But scientists haven’t found conclusive evidence that brain-training works.
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It takes nearly three decades to build a fully-developed, adult brain. With all that effort, what’s so special about the end result?
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Your Brain on Exercise
Not only does exercise help us maintain a healthy weight and heart, it can also support brain function and mental health.
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What is Normal Cognitive Aging?
Denise Park breaks down what happens to the brain and cognition as we get older.
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Investigating How Neurons Use Fuel: Stories From the U.S. BRAIN Initiative
A team of scientists is seeking answers to a fundamental understanding of how and when neurons utilize the nutrients that give them energy.
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The Neurobiology of Aging
As we age, connections between brain cells weaken and cells can't communicate with each other as effectively, leading to problems with memory and cognitive ability.
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CNS Aging and Alzheimer's Disease
How has the absence of disease affected the brain and aging since the early 19th century?
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Predicting Effects of Surgery on Cognition
Americans 65 and older undergo nearly 20 million surgeries each year, which frequently improve and sometimes save their lives. But the brain doesn’t always fare so well.
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Catharine Young: How Memories Form and How We Lose Them
Think back to a really vivid memory. Got it? Now try to remember what you had for lunch three weeks ago. That second memory probably isn’t as strong—but why not?
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Samuel Cohen: Alzheimer's Is Not Normal Aging — and We Can Cure It
Researcher Samuel Cohen explains how Alzheimer’s differs from normal memory loss and how that may hold the key for future treatments.
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