Good life habits and optimal aging

People often ask me about computer softwares like Luminosity: “you know, that Luminosity thing, does it really work??” It often leaves me wondering if our societal conceptualization of “dementia” and “Alzheimer’s disease” is somewhat skewed by our old conception of dementia.

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Emotions and mathematics

Research has also shown that specific emotional aspects (e.g., mathematics anxiety) relate to mathematical performance (Hembree, 1900; Ma, 1999; Wu, 2012).

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‘Resersible’ dementia?

In some cases, dementia is reversible/treatable. In some rarer cases, the progressive changes are caused by a ‘problem with the system of liquid that circulates in the central nervous system.

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