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☆ Dementia may arrive a decade earlier in men at high risk for heart disease, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Men at risk for heart disease may develop dementia up to a decade earlier than similarly at-risk women, a new study found. “This is novel finding with significant health implications.”Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in the world, according to the World Health Organization, and heart disease has been the No. Heart disease risk factors include obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and cholesterol, along with smoking, drinking too much alcohol and not getting proper exercise and adequate sleep, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Some observational studies have shown that midlife vascular risk factors, such as hypertension, high cholesterol, and obesity are associated with a higher risk of dementia, but not in late life,” Wei said. “Men have more fat (buildup) lining the internal organs (visceral fat) while women have more fat around the hips (subcutaneous fat),” Edison said.

Persons: ”, Paul Edison, Edison, epidemiologist Jingkai Wei, Wei, ” Wei, Charday Penn, VBM, Gray, ” Edison, “ Organizations: CNN, Imperial College London, World Health Organization, US Centers for Disease Control, Memory Research, University of Texas Health Science Center, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, CNN’s Locations: United States, Houston, midlife

☆ Some birds may use ‘mental time travel,’ study finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Kate Golembiewski | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“It’s often helpful to think about episodic memory as remembering, whereas semantic memory is just knowing,” he said. To find out whether Eurasian jays are capable of "mental time travel," researchers worked with birds trained to find food hidden under cups. “The idea is that with human episodic memory, we remember details of events that, at the time, weren’t necessarily relevant to anything. This aspect of episodic memory is sometimes referred to as “mental time travel.”To find out whether Eurasian jays are capable of mental time travel, the researchers worked with birds that had been trained to find food hidden under cups. “The big disease of memory is Alzheimer’s disease, and of course, the most debilitating aspect of Alzheimer’s disease is a profound loss of episodic memory,” Crystal said.

Persons: CNN —, ”, James Davies, Davies, “, “ There’s, James Davies Corvids, Nicola Clayton, —, advisee, ” Davies, weren’t, didn’t, ‘, I’ll, ’ ” Davies, Jonathon Crystal, ” Crystal, “ It’s, Kate Golembiewski Organizations: CNN, University of Cambridge’s, University of Indiana Bloomington Locations: Chicago

☆ A Leading Memory Researcher Explains How to Make Precious Moments Last
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( David Marchese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

Mamadi Doumbouya for The New York Times Talk A Leading Memory Researcher Explains How to Make Precious Moments LastOur memories form the bedrock of who we are. Tell me more about what you mean when you say “illusion.” I probably overstated it with the word “illusion,” but there is an illusionary component. But if you think about it from an evolutionary perspective, memory, often, is educated guesses by the brain about what’s important. You know, the training environment I was in was very down on psychoanalysis, but it always comes back to memory. We have these little compartments that are rooted somewhat in memory that we can access at different moments.

Persons: Mamadi Doumbouya, ”, Charan Ranganath, Davis, Ranganath, ” Ranganath, You’re, “, shoplifted, there’s, We’re, Charan, UC Davis, you’re, you’ve, Sasha Bakhter, It’s, hadn’t Organizations: The New York Times, University of California, UC, Smiths, UC Davis Locations: Davis

☆ UChicago psychologist shares his No.1 brain hack for critical thinking and memory skills: Think in a foreign language
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Ece Yildirim | In Ecedyildirim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Your second language presents a brain shortcutSpeaking in your native language is easy — and it can lull your brain into being less able to process information objectively, says Gallo. When that happens, you're stuck in a mindset Gallo refers to as "hot cognition," also known as "System 1 thinking." "When you are thinking in your second language, you are being very analytical and careful about the surface-level features of information," he explains. Using your second language acts as a quick shortcut into "Spock mode," Gallo says. It can help you avoid false memories and misinformationThe benefits of a second language extend beyond analytical thinking, says Gallo.

Persons: David Gallo, monolinguals, Gallo, Monolinguals, Boaz Keysar, —, Spock, It's, Rosetta Stone Organizations: University of Chicago, Research, CNBC

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