This trial found that a two-year choir-singing programme gave a small but real boost to thinking skills in older Singaporeans at risk of memory decline, compared with health education, though there were no differences in brain scans or ageing markers.
This five-year follow-up of an earlier mindfulness trial looked at longer-term effects on mild depression, anxiety, and general thinking skills in older adults with early memory problems, extending the original nine-month findings.
In a group of 716 older Asian adults, this study found that a simple test of standing up and walking was more closely linked to planning and decision-making skills than walking speed or a chair-stand test, especially in those with mild memory problems.
This study compared personality traits, parenting experiences, mental health history, and stressful life events between Asian teenagers who had attempted suicide and those who hadn’t, finding attempters were more likely to have other mental health conditions, recent stressful events, and to feel rejected by their parents.
In a group of 670 older Singaporeans, this study looked at the link between sense of smell and mild memory problems, using a locally developed smell test alongside standard memory and thinking tests.
This five-year follow-up study looked at a Singapore community programme offering mindfulness, gardening, art, and choir singing, comparing long-term thinking-skill outcomes between those who took part and those who did not.
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Using brain scans and computer models, this study found that a bigger gap between a person’s ‘brain age’ and their real age was linked to shorter telomeres (a marker of cellular ageing), especially when brain age was estimated from how well-connected different brain regions were.
This study found that older Singaporeans’ trust in the government’s COVID-19 response predicted how well they followed safety measures during lockdown, though this link weakened once restrictions eased and clear instructions became more important instead.
This paper discusses how green spaces and forests can benefit city dwellers’ mental health, highlighting Singapore’s therapeutic garden and rainforest projects as examples of mental health experts working with urban planners to build calmer, greener cities.
