On neuroplasticity, cognition, aging, medication, Alzheimer ’s, board games, brain teasers, and more

Welcome to a new edition of SharpBrains e‑newsletter, featuring fascinating research findings on neuroplasticity, cognition, aging, medication, Alzheimer’s, board games, and more, plus some brain teasers to get you in great shape for Halloween. #1. Study: Playing board games like Chess, Mahjong, Go, helps slow cognitive decline as we age (but with clear differences in neurobiology and improved function) So … let’s play all three! #2. The Mindful Body argues against mindlessly accepting age-related decline in cognition and health as inevitable “Perhaps Langer’s most provocative advice is reserved for doctors and others who treat illness, mental or physical. When delivering news to patients, she writes, practitioners would do well to present diagnoses and prognoses in tentative ways, allowing for the possibility of being wrong and for more optimistic outlooks. By doing so, she says, practitioners could help patients hold loosely the labels that make them see themselves in fixed ways and become, instead, more mindful, active participants in their own health care.” #3. Harnessing Neuroplasticity, Medication AND Psychotherapy to treat mental health conditions Great summary: “… enhancing or modulating plasticity with a biological intervention like medication may not only reduce symptoms but may also provide a window of opportunity for behavioral interventions like psychotherapy to be more effective. Learning-based interventions like cognitive-behavioral or exposur...
Source: SharpBrains - Category: Neuroscience Authors: Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Education & Lifelong Learning SharpBrains Monthly eNewsletter Aduhelm aging Alzheimer’s board games cognition digital therapeutics DTx Leqembi medication neuroplasticity Source Type: blogs