All Articles by Shazeda Khan, MS Student
Ms. Khan aspires to become a neuropsychologist. She is enrolled in a Master of Science in Neuroscience and Education program at Columbia University. She has volunteered at NY-Presbyterian Morgan Stanleys Children Hospital Oncology Outpatient Unit and Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Alzheimer's program conducting research on psychology and skin oriented conditions. She is also interning at The National Center for Learning Disabilities.
Think and Grow Young, or At Least Old More Slowly: Exercise (and Include Your Pets)!
After a review of aging- and exercise-related literature, researchers found that physical exercise not only slows the effects of aging, but helps people as well as animals maintain significant cognitive (thinking) abilities into their old age. In fact, they found a significant relationship between physical activity, elderly cognitive function, and a decreased occurrence of dementia, with benefits spanning several decades. Some of the studies examined had both male and female participants over 65 years old. Some showed that people who exercised at least 15 to 30 minutes at a time, three times a week were less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease, even if they were genetically predisposed to the disease.
Shazeda Khan Appointed New Editor of Brain Blogger
To our readers: As a new editor and as an activist for public awareness, I shall be promoting knowledge in this field to its fullest extent for all to enjoy.Currently, I am studying psychology at Baruch College in New York City. Psychology has long been an area of passionate intrigue for me; with its palette of varying concepts it piqued my curiosity last year. As a result it sparked an unquenchable desire to learn more about this area and the developing field of neuroscience, weighing with particular emphasis on the latter.
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- The Brain’s Buying Power
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