In the News

NBC Los Angeles featured research from Caleb Finch of the USC Leonard Davis School on how environmental factors interact with genetic factors to increase or reduce risk for Alzheimer’s disease. “We propose a new approach to comprehensively assess the multiple brain-body interactions that contribute to Alzheimer’s disease,” he said. Additional coverage was found on Telemundo Los Angeles, MyNewsLA and KNX 1070 AM.

Vice quoted Elizabeth Zelinski of the USC Leonard Davis School on the correlation between age and mental skills, and how cognition should be assessed along with other routine health matters during presidential physicals.

Fast Company cited a study from the USC Emotion and Cognition Lab on how men tend to take more risks under stress, while female risk-taking under pressure decreases.

KJZZ-FM featured research from lead author Briana Kennedy of the USC Leonard Davis School and colleagues on how older adults view their world through a positive filter, compared to younger adults. “We found older adults were biased toward positive information, but tended to filter out the negative and on the other hand, the younger adults were distracted by positive and negative information,” she said.

IEEE Pulse Magazine quoted Elizabeth Zelinski of the USC Leonard Davis School on the challenges of using robotic pets with older adults.

Vice quoted Carin Kreutzer of the USC Davis School on a plant-based diet plan promoted by Beyoncé.

Considerable (via Kaiser Health News) discussed research co-authored by Eileen Crimmins on how more education correlates to a lower risk of dementia.