Memories of events and facts usually become less accessible over time. As Simons and Taylor have explained, forgetting is likely to occur when we pay insufficient attention to a stimulus during encoding or retrieval.... Read More
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4 Top Walking Benefits
Middle-aged individuals walking the most steps had a 43 percent lower risk of diabetes (in addition to a nearly one-third (31 percent) reduction in the chances of developing high blood pressure).... Read More
Predict Early Mortality in 10 Seconds
But to measure cause and effect, you must ensure that a simple correlation, however tempting it may be, is not mistaken for a cause. In the 1990s, the stork population of Germany increased, and the German at-home birth rate rose as well. Shall we credit storks for airlifting the babies?... Read More
Longevity: Role for Elders
Are you a giraffe with an especially long neck, a structure that allows you to feast on leaves others cannot access? With more food, you are more likely to survive to reproduce and pass your propensity to have a long neck on to your offspring. Your friends with shorter necks are less likely to survive to pass on their genes to future generations.... Read More
Coffee and Longevity
We Americans consume over half a billion cups of coffee daily, with two-thirds of us reporting consumption within the past day.... Read More
1 Key to Living Longer
1 key to living longer. I give you the most extensive population-based study examining the link between adherence to a Mediterranean diet and telomere length in middle-aged women. Recently, I... Read More