Samira Vafa
@sami8ra.bsky.social
👩🎓PhD in Psychology 👩🏫 Reseacher and Lecturer 👩🏻💻 Research interest: cognitive ageing, healthy ageing, lifestyle interventions, neuropsychological assessment
Two out of every three people with Alzheimer’s are women, and the greatest risk factor after old age is being a woman. A Nature Outlook article shows how a decade of research studying the effects of sex and gender on the disease is starting to bear fruit. #medsky #alzsky 🧪
Why women experience Alzheimer’s disease differently from men
Sex and gender research could lead to better, more equitable treatments — if it is allowed to continue without political interference.
go.nature.com
As my first post, I decided to share our systematic review on the effectiveness of lifestyle interventions in healthy older adults. Read more here: doi.org/10.1111/aphw... #CognitiveAgeing #Intervention #Ageing
The effectiveness of real‐life cognitive and physical interventions on cognitive functioning in healthy older adults: A systematic review of the effects of education and training duration
Physical and cognitive interventions are deemed the primary methods of improving cognitive functioning in healthy older adults. However, the effectiveness of these interventions is still debated. Thi....
doi.org