New research from the University of Edinburgh has shown that stress raises the risk of memory loss and cognitive decline among older people with diabetes.  The researchers studied more than 900 men and women aged between 60 and 75 with type-2 diabetes and evaluated their mental abilities with a range of tests, including memory function [...]

New research published this week in Psychological Science has shown that while older brains have more difficulty filtering out extraneous information than younger brains, they appear to make great use of this information. Karen Campbell, a PhD student in psychology at the University of Toronto, working with the Rotman Institute, says “We found that older [...]