Games like crossword puzzles and sudoku are often practiced to keep brains flexing, but in the face of cognitive decline, physical strength training could also help maintain or improve cognition.
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How the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology helped three graduates explore the gerontology field and forge unique careers in aging and health.
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An accomplished scientist and award-winning mentor, Sean Curran helps students embrace surprises and the discoveries they can yield.
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Teal Eich, assistant professor of gerontology, is a cognitive neuroscientist who explores age-related changes in brain function.
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On a trip to Washington, D.C., a group of USC Leonard Davis School students met actor Seth Rogen playing a more serious role: Alzheimer’s activist.
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Katy Fike MSG ’06, PhD ’09, says her time at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology was transformative: “It just opened my eyes, page after page, class after class. I felt there was so much I wanted to know, so I decided to stay for the PhD.”
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Consumer Reports recently quoted Associate Professor Susan Enguídanos about legal requirements for advance directives in an article about executing online wills.
A multifaceted curriculum provides students with an expanding set of entry points for understanding all aspects of aging, including their own.
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The “Alzheimer’s Exposome” framework illustrates how environmental and genetic factors interact to more fully illustrate disease risk.
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