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Dr Tommy Wood | Tools for Better Brain Fitness At Any Age

Jun 5, 2024
01:13:54

We all carry misconceptions about brain development, learning and adaptation - the fact that it can't change is the biggest of them all. Enter neuroplasticity and Dr Tommy Wood - a walking google scholar whose message is simple - we can change how our brain is ageing at any time.


This discussion on cognitive function explores:

-the significance of physical movement and mental stimulation

-the impact of retirement on age-related cognitive decline

-the role of arousal, sleep, and environmental factors (what F1 drivers do to get their brain in gear)

-the influence of beliefs, skills, APOE4 gene, supplements, and resistance training


Find Dr Tommy:

Instagram

Podcast

Substack


Studies/Books mentioned in this podcast:

-Working Conditions and Early Retirement: A Prospective Study of Retirement Behavior

-Sensitive Periods for Visual Calibration of the Auditory Space Map in the Barn Owl Optic Tectum

-Demand Coupling Drives Neurodegeneration: A Model of Age-Related Cognitive Decline and Dementia

-Stress and multitasking in everyday college life: An empirical study of online activity

-Brain HQ

-Navigation-related structural change in the hippocampi of taxi drivers

-The Finnish Geriatric Intervention Study to Prevent Cognitive Impairment and Disability (FINGER): study design and progress

Lisa Mosconi - The Menopause Brain + The XX Brain (Empowering Women to Prevent Dementia)

The Yerkes Dodson Law


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