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American elderly thrash English at 'brain training' test
July 6th, 2009
American over-65s scored significantly better than their English counterparts at a memory and awareness test. The authors of the research, published in the open access journal BMC Geriatrics, suggest that differences in relative levels of depression, education, and the aggressiveness of treatment for heart disease may be to blame. Kenneth Langa, from the University of Michigan, led a team of researchers who used data from the U.S. 'Health and Retirement Study' and the 'English Longitudinal Study of Ageing' to compare the brain health of elderly people from both countries. He said, "The better cognitive performance of U.S. adults was actually quite surprising, since U.S....
Source: Pharma Business Week (2009-07-06)
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