Month: October 2022

Surprising! Fewer Steps Still Boost Health

We all know the saying ‘a little goes a long way,’ and it seems that applies to steps as well! A recent study suggests that taking even slightly fewer than the often-cited 10,000 daily steps can still have significant health benefits. Researchers observed a group of middle-aged and older adults and found that those who […]

Published on October 17, 2022

Unraveling the Impact of White Matter Changes on Essential Tremor

Imagine your brain as a bustling city, with the white matter serving as the communication highways between different neighborhoods. In this study, researchers set out to investigate how certain changes in these highways, known as white matter hyperintensities (WMHs), affect the subtypes and severity of essential tremor (ET). They recruited a group of 176 patients […]

Published on October 17, 2022

Matching Sound and Sight: How Attention Affects Audiovisual Integration in Older Adults

Like a tricky balancing act, older adults face challenges in perceiving and integrating sights and sounds. This study explores the effects of auditory attention on audiovisual integration in older adults using ERPs. By assigning participants a dual-task paradigm (a Go/No-go task and RSAP task), researchers examined how different levels of auditory attentional load affected the […]

Published on October 17, 2022