Cognitive Resilience | Henry Brodaty | TEDxUNSW

By TEDx Talks

Community Score: 50% | 11 views | 1w

0 community ratings: null thumbs up, null thumbs down

NOTE FROM TED: This talk only represents the speaker's personal views and understanding of diet, lifestyle, and dementia prevention which remains an ongoing field of study. TEDx events are independently organized by volunteers. The guidelines we give TEDx organizers are described in more detail here: http://storage.ted.com/tedx/manuals/tedx_content_guidelines.pdf As we age, dementia risk increases dramatically, but it doesn't have to be inevitable. Scientia Professor Henry Brodaty shows us the science of cognitive resilience: how some people maintain sharp minds, while others decline. Henry Brodaty is a researcher, clinician, policy advisor and strongly advocates for older people’s mental health! In UNSW, he is the Scientia Professor of Ageing and Mental Health and Co-Director of the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing. His research interests are in the prevention of cognitive decline and dementia, ageing, psychiatry, gerontology, and neurodegenerative diseases. This talk was given at a

Tags: Aging, Brain, Cognitive science, English, Exercise, Health, Public health, TEDxTalks, [TEDxEID:66144]