Just about any old bad thing increases the risk of onset of Alzheimer’s Disease

Aging and the Brain, Alzheimer’s, Brain Fitness, Brain Fitness Program, Brain Science, Brain Trauma, Injury, BrainHQ, Cognitive impairments, Neuroscience, Posit Science

About 2 weeks ago, I read a Wall Street Journal article that documented a growing body of evidence that shows that major depression occurring in late middle age doubles the probability that an individual shall have significant cognitive impairments after the age of 65, and that it very significantly increases the probability that life shall…

Planes, trains and automobiles — and motorcycles

Aging and the Brain, Alzheimer’s, Brain Fitness, Brain Fitness Program, Brain Science, BrainHQ, Cognitive impairments, Posit Science

It has been amusing to read the repeated claims, from individuals who have completed Posit Science’s Brain Fitness Program, that with their renewed mental competence and confidence, they have been inspired to very adventurous new hobbies and activities. I related the story of one such individual several weeks ago who, with her brain awakened by…