USC Leonard Davis Communications

The Chronicle of Higher Education noted a $20 million donation by Mei-Lee Ney to create the Ney Center for Healthspan Science, a longevity and healthy aging center at the USC Leonard Davis School.

McKnight’s Long-Term Care News recently cited the “Age-Related Positivity Effect,” a term coined by Mara Mather of the USC Leonard Davis School and Laura Carstensen. Their research showed that older people are able to focus on and emphasize positive emotions in their lives and diminish the negative ones.

Medical News Today featured research by Mara Mather of the USC Leonard Davis School on how older adults struggle to focus under stress due to the locus coeruleus functioning less effectively over time. “Deciphering exactly how these changes in the brain occur as we age could one day help us uncover how to protect the brain from cognitive decline and loss of function,” concludes Mather.

Daily Mail (UK) cited research co-authored by Mara Mather of the USC Leonard Davis School on how it gets harder to focus without being distracted past the age of 55, particularly when under stress, because of the way our brains change over time. “Deciphering exactly how these changes in the brain occur as we age could one day help us uncover how to protect the brain from cognitive decline,” said Mather.

The San Jose Mercury News quoted Berenice Benayoun of the USC Leonard Davis School on how individual immune cells age and the impact of an individual’s environment on the aging process.

Business Insider noted research by Valter Longo of the USC Leonard Davis School to develop a meal kit to guide individuals through intermittent fasting.

Romper cited comments by Christian Pike of the USC Leonard Davis School on how males and females experience Alzheimer’s disease differently.