John Todor: To reach brain potential, we need less individual “improv”

John I. Todor What is your current job title and organization, and what excites you the most about working there? As the Co-Founder of Living55Plus.com, I enjoy the opportunity to curate the new research showing how lifestyle impacts mental, physical and social well-being, and to help build a community to share everyday experiences. Please tell us about your interest in applied brain science. What areas are you most interested in? What motivated you to pursue work in your field? My Ph.D. is in Educational Psychology, followed by post-doctoral work in cognitive science and clinical neuropsychology. I am most interested in uncovering how lifestyles, what we do day in and out and how we do it, including our jobs, contribute to well-being. How can we develop and apply methods to help people adopt healthy lifestyles and replace toxic behaviors? My motivation to pursue this work is two-fold. One is making sure that extended lifespans will be spent in a state of optimal well-being rather than decline. Two, my experience with middle-aged and older executives indicate that new discoveries are not enough. We need to develop effective methodologies for widespread adoption of positive lifestyles. We are now in a state of “improv” mostly at an individual level. This is a huge problem in a world with an aging population and fast-changing dynamics where well-being depends on enhanced adaptive potential. What is one important thing you are working on now, and where can people learn more...
Source: SharpBrains - Category: Neurologists Authors: Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness aging john todder lifestyle-changes lifestyles living 55 plus meditation neoroplasticity social-network well-being Source Type: blogs