Creative Minds, Younger Brains: Engaging in music, dance, painting, or even (some) gaming is linked to delayed brain aging.
Article: doi.org/10.1038/s41467….
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Biophysical modeling, graph theory, and Neurosynth analyses reveal plasticity-driven efficiency in regions most vulnerable to aging. Out Today in @NatureComms, congrats @carlosmig_12 and colls! @CreativeAgeIntl @j_artshealthlab @CreativeBrainWk The brain aging model showed both the expected age prediction and the age-related networks in our sample. Creative experiences were linked to delayed brain aging across domains and in both expertise and short-term learning studies. 🧵2/5

From political unrest to toxic air and social stress, the world around us can accelerate the aging process. Out today in @NatureMedicine: our work on how the environment seeps into health and makes us older
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@EricTopol @jayvanbavel @GBHI_Fellows @BrainlatUAI @Nature @NaturePortfolio @NTFabianodoi.org/10.1038/s41591… The Biobehavioral Age Gap (BBAG) in 160,000+ people (40 countries) compares the real age to an estimated age from protective (education, functionality, cognition, wellbeing, physical activity), & risk factors (heart disease, diabetes, hearing/visual deficits, weight)
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High-order dynamics in brain networks & dementia are not well-captured by connectivity. We developed a new framework of high-order interactions (3-to-N plets) with information theory + greedy algorithm in #fMRI - #EEG across #AD & #FTD Paper doi.org/10.1016/j.nbd.… & 🧵👇1/5 High-order functional connectivity (HOFC) at 3-15 plets yielded networks with large effect sizes for both modalities (fMRI and filtered EEG) and comparison (CN vs. AD, CN vs. FTD). Results included decorrelated networks for fMRI and EEG but also hyperconnectivity. 2/5