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Findings illuminate how fat distribution—beyond BMI—ties to brain aging and cognitive risk, making the topic salient for mental health professionals monitoring neurocognitive health. Two patterns stand out: fat accumulation in the pancreas that can occur even when liver fat is not elevated, and “skinny fat” — excess fat relative to muscle in individuals who do not appear severely obese. This broadens risk considerations for therapists, social workers, and other mental health providers when discussing lifestyle factors and cognitive health with clients.

Article Title: The fat you can’t see could be shrinking your brain

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#BrainHealth #CognitiveAging #MetabolicHealth #FatDistribution #MRI

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Psychotherapy Commission ACPE Jan 25

A naturally occurring aging-related molecule may repair memory processes impaired by Alzheimer's by boosting communication between brain cells and restoring early-memory abilities. Since the compound is endogenous and declines with age, enhancing it could offer a safer direction for supporting brain health, a point that can inform psychoeducation and memory-focused assessment among therapists, social workers, and other mental health professionals.

Article Title: A natural aging molecule may help restore memory in Alzheimer’s

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#AlzheimerDisease #Memory #CognitiveAging #BrainHealth #Neuroscience

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Psychotherapy Commission ACPE Jan 22

Regular aerobic exercise is associated with a biologically younger brain as seen on MRI, particularly during midlife when prevention may yield long-term benefits. For psychotherapists, social workers, therapists, and other mental health professionals, the finding highlights a nonpharmacological factor that could support cognitive resilience across aging.

Article Title: MRI scans show exercise can make the brain look younger

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#BrainHealth
#ExerciseScience
#CognitiveAging
#MidlifeHealth
#MentalWellness

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what's trending Aug 4, 2025

Aging Reversed by Vitamins? - Rhonda Patrick on Tim Ferriss

#multivitamins #cognitiveaging #multivitamin #cognition

Tamar Sofer Jan 1, 2023

#JustOneFigure from a recently published paper: the association of a polygenic risk score for (continuous) sleep duration with cognitive outcomes. Higher values of the PRS have protective association against mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in individuals who are categorized as “short” and “normal” sleepers, but is associated with increased MCI risk in individuals categorized as “Long sleepers” — self reported to sleep more than 9 hours a night. #PolygenicRiskScore #Sleep #CognitiveAging

Hwamee Oh Dec 21, 2022

Predictors of longitudinal cognitive ageing from age 70 to 82 including #APOEe4 status, early-life and #lifestyle factors: the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936

APOE4 status explains the majority of variance in cognitive aging (but not much in a verbal domain) when early-life and lifestyle factors are included in the same model.

(Open Access)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-022-01900-4

#CognitiveAging #Apoe4 #earlylifefactors #lifestyle

Predictors of longitudinal cognitive ageing from age 70 to 82 including APOE e4 status, early-life and lifestyle factors: the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 - Molecular Psychiatry

Discovering why some people’s cognitive abilities decline more than others is a key challenge for cognitive ageing research. The most effective strategy may be to address multiple risk factors from across the life-course simultaneously in relation to robust longitudinal cognitive data. We conducted a 12-year follow-up of 1091 (at age 70) men and women from the longitudinal Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 study. Comprehensive repeated cognitive measures of visuospatial ability, processing speed, memory, verbal ability, and a general cognitive factor were collected over five assessments (age 70, 73, 76, 79, and 82 years) and analysed using multivariate latent growth curve modelling. Fifteen life-course variables were used to predict variation in cognitive ability levels at age 70 and cognitive slopes from age 70 to 82. Only APOE e4 carrier status was found to be reliably informative of general- and domain-specific cognitive decline, despite there being many life-course correlates of cognitive level at age 70. APOE e4 carriers had significantly steeper slopes across all three fluid cognitive domains compared with non-carriers, especially for memory (β = −0.234, p < 0.001) and general cognitive function (β = −0.246, p < 0.001), denoting a widening gap in cognitive functioning with increasing age. Our findings suggest that when many other candidate predictors of cognitive ageing slope are entered en masse, their unique contributions account for relatively small proportions of variance, beyond variation in APOE e4 status. We conclude that APOE e4 status is important for identifying those at greater risk for accelerated cognitive ageing, even among ostensibly healthy individuals.

Nature

Ryan Daley Nov 8, 2022

#Introduction

Hey Mastodon community!

I'm an Assistant Professor at #GordonCollege

My research examines lifespan changes in the prioritization of and memory for social and emotional content, and how these changes relate to moral cognition.

I'm looking forward to meeting people interested in these topics on this platform!

#Memory #Morality
#Psychology #MoralPsychology #CognitiveScience #CognitiveAging #fMRI #Neuroscience #CognitiveNeuroscience #BrainNetworks