Drawing on researchers from Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, China, and Singapore, this paper looks at hikikomori — prolonged social withdrawal — and how it shows up differently across East Asian countries, along with the challenges it poses for health and social services.
This trial compared mindfulness training with a general health education programme in elderly Singaporeans with mild memory problems. Both groups showed improved mood after nine months, though neither group showed a clear improvement in memory or thinking test scores.
This study found that older adults with early memory problems who took part in art therapy showed improved memory and attention after three months, with memory gains still visible six months later.
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Using brain scans, this study found that older adults who regularly drank tea had more efficient and better-connected brains than those who didn’t, offering visual evidence for tea’s protective effect on the ageing brain.
In a study of 663 elderly Singaporeans, those who ate mushrooms more than twice a week were much less likely to have mild memory problems than those who ate less, even after accounting for other factors. This points to mushrooms as a possible dietary factor that helps protect the brain.
Looking at almost 700 older Singaporeans, this study identified different types of ‘super-agers’ with especially sharp memory, attention, language, or spatial skills, and explored what earlier-life habits were linked to staying sharp into old age.
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