This trial found that nine months of mindfulness training improved attention-related thinking skills and was linked to a thickening in a brain region tied to attention, compared with a health education programme, in older adults with mild memory problems.
This trial found that a gardening programme reduced signs of immune system ageing and chronic low-level inflammation in older Singaporean adults, giving biological evidence that gardening can help counter age-related decline in the immune system.
This early exploratory study compared body markers and physical traits between older adults with mild memory problems and younger adults with cerebral palsy, finding some shared features that may point to a common pattern of ‘faster ageing’ in both groups.
In a two-year trial, older Singaporeans at risk of dementia who joined a weekly choir showed a small but real improvement in thinking skills compared with those who received health education instead, though no differences showed up on brain scans or ageing markers.
This trial found that mindfulness training improved thinking test scores in older adults with mild memory problems while also changing the mix of bacteria in their gut, suggesting the gut may play a role in how mindfulness benefits the brain.
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This study used brain scan data and computer models to predict how well older adults with mild memory problems would score on 10 different thinking tests, aiming to reduce the need for long, sometimes unreliable memory testing sessions.
Using brain scans of 82 older adults with mild memory problems, this study linked how well-connected the brain is to telomere length (a marker of cellular ageing), and showed this connection could help predict memory and planning test scores.
Reviewing 11 trials, this study found that creative activities — including visual arts, dance, music, and storytelling — generally improved memory and overall thinking skills in older people with mild cognitive decline, though the quality of evidence varied.
This trial tested whether mindfulness training could lower a saliva marker linked to Alzheimer’s disease in older adults with mild memory problems, compared with a health education programme, extending earlier findings on mindfulness and body markers of brain health.
This trial found that mindfulness training changed how different parts of the brain communicate with each other in older adults with mild memory problems, showing that mindfulness can produce measurable changes in the brain.
