Month: March 2019

High Cortisol and the Risk of Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease: A Review of the Literature

Sami Ouanes, Julius Popp Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute for the Future of Human Potential, where he leads the charge in pioneering Self-Enhancement Science for the Success of Society. With a keen interest in exploring the untapped potential of the human mind, […]

Published on March 1, 2019

Age Affects How Task Difficulty and Complexity Modulate Perceptual Decision-Making

Claudine Habak, Mohamed L. Seghier, Julie Brûlé, Mohamed A. Fahim, Oury Monchi Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute for the Future of Human Potential, where he leads the charge in pioneering Self-Enhancement Science for the Success of Society. With a keen interest in […]

Published on March 1, 2019

Brain Modularity: A Biomarker of Intervention-related Plasticity

Interventions using methods such as cognitive training and aerobic exercise have shown potential to enhance cognitive abilities. However, there is often pronounced individual variability in the magnitude of these gains. Here, we propose that brain network modularity, a measure of brain subnetwork segregation, is a unifying biomarker of intervention-related plasticity. We present work from multiple […]

Published on March 1, 2019