From middle-age, the brains of obese individuals display differences in white matter similar to those in lean individuals ten years their senior, according to new research led by the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge. White matter is the tissue that connects areas of the brain and allows for information to be communicated between regions.
̽»¨Ö±²¥ability to understand language could be much better preserved into old age than previously thought, according to researchers from the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge, who found older adults struggle more with test conditions than language processing.
‘Bang! You’re Dead’, a 1961 episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, continues to surprise – but not just with the twist in its tale. Scientists at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge have used the programme to show that young people respond in a similar way to events, but as we age our thought patterns diverge.
Our standard way of measuring brain activity could be giving us a misleading picture of how our brains age, argues Dr Kamen Tsvetanov from the Department of Psychology.
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