Another study has just come out in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showing that cognitive health benefits of a regular run.
The definitive guide to fasting, exercise and brain training for improved health, immunity and brain fitness. Harnessing the adaptive cellular stress response. This extensive article provides a foundation for understanding why long-term caloric restriction (fasting), exercise and working-memory based brain training all promote health, immunity and physical and mental performance, in a way that is complementary – sharing the same biological adaptive stress response. Energetic Stressors in Evolution In the environments of our distant ancestors, food was often scarce, and energy
How the brain ages The figure is taken from Trey Hedden & John Gabrieli at Stanford University. It shows the life course of different cognitive abilities underlying IQ, with declines setting in for most cognitive functions after the age of 55. These researchers suggest a number of measures for maintaining cognitive ability levels well into old age, to help beat the statistical averages. There are several factors that accelerate cognitive decline in older adults. Helping counter these can simply involve lifestyle choices, under control
A lower IQ is related to more mortality risk. This is well established, even when taking into account health and other social factors such as income and education.
The five factors of general intelligence and overall IQ level (G) explained, and data on how they change over the lifespan.
There are two stereotypes about the mental abilities of older individuals – a negative one and a positive one.This blog post looks at some welcome evidence.