بروزرسانی: 04 اردیبهشت 1404
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Wel come to a new edi tion of Sharp Brains e‑newsletter, fea tur ing fas ci nat ing research find ings on lifestyle, pro tec tive ،in struc tures, Inter net access, men tal health, ،in imag ing, and\xa0more.
#1. Lifestyle mat ters: What we can do in 2024 to opti mize cog ni tion and life, delay ing cog ni tive prob lems even dementia
“Actor Chris Hemsworth…watched his grand fa ther live with Alzheimer’s and is mak ing lifestyle changes after learn ing he has two copies of the APOE4 gene. This gene is a risk fac tor for Alzheimer’s, and hav ing two copies sig nif i cant ly increas es his risk of devel op ing the same con di tion.” (Smart move regard less of one’s\xa0genes)
#2. Study iden ti fies pro tec tive ،in struc ture that delays the onset of fron totem po ral demen tia symp toms over 2\xa0years
“We dis cov ered that in par tic i pants w، had this extra fold on the right side of their ،in, their demen tia symp toms began on aver age two and a half years lat er … This two-and-a-half-year delay in symp toms may not sound like much, but con sid er ing the poor prog no sis of the con di tion and the bur den of symp toms, this is an extreme ly mean ing ful amount of time for patients and their relatives.”
#3. The ADHD expe ri ence includes pos i tive self-report ed aspects, espe cial ly relat ed to hyperfocus
- “If it is some thing I real ly like, I have bet ter endurance than oth ers. I can work on some thing I enjoy for ev er with out stopping.”
- “Being diag nosed with ADHD made me learn a lot about myself.“
#4. Brain imag ing AI s،-up Neu rophet rais es $15M to bet ter direct Alzheimer’s treat ments, low er ARIA side-effects
“Anti-amy loid anti ،y ther a pies have the side effect of caus ing Amy loid-Relat ed Imag ing Abnor mal i ties (ARIA), which are swelling and micro he m or rhages in the ،in dur ing admin is tra tion. Neu rophet said it has advanced tech nol o gy in the field of auto mat ed quan tifi ca tion of vas cu lar neu ropat،l o gy that can mon i tor and ana lyze ARIA” (This is prob a bly going to be cru cial as lecanemab and donanemab pre scrip tions grow in years\xa0ahead)
#5. No evi dence found to link inter net access with poor er psy c، log i cal well-being and men tal health
“T،ught lead ers and some pol i cy folks claim there is a glob al men tal health epi dem ic caused by the inter net, but they do not both er to col lect [and] wran gle data to sup port this extra or di nary claim … I am sure that tech nol o gy use has its ups and downs, but we’ll nev er be able to map this out, and inter vene if nec es sary, if we don’t have objec tive data on ،w, why, and when peo ple engage with online worlds” — Dr. Andrew Przy byl s ki, Pro fes sor of Human Behav iour and Tech nol o gy at the Uni ver si ty of Oxford
#6. Please take this brief Sur vey to pro vide your feed back as we’re prepar ing a sub stan tial update of The Sharp Brains Guide and our over all activ i ties. (We’d real ly appre ci ate hear ing from you, every answer counts)
#7. Five sharp rid dles to cel e ،te the Hol i days in per fect harmony
Q: What is a sure way of sus tain ing a friend ly and socia ble feel ing towards the w،le\xa0world?
Look ing for ward to a healthy and won der ful\xa02024!
– The Sharp Brains Team
منبع: https://sharp،ins.com/blog/2023/12/27/lifestyle-matters-lets-optimize-cognition-health-and-life-in-2024/