2024
Fostering older adult wellness
December 03, 2024
Kinesiology professor Lindsay Nagamatsu leads the Healthy Aging Fair, hosted by the Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging on Nov. 27, with a panel of three Western researchers and resources to support older adults' physical, mental and social well-being.Diana Urian BSc'24 Global Undergraduate Award Winner
November 01, 2024
The Global Undergraduate Awards is the world's leading academic awards programme which recognizes top undergraduate work, shares this work with a global audience and connects students across cultures and disciplines.Study shows playing video games may improve cognitive performance
October 21, 2024
While relatively little is known about how the brain and body affect each other, research by Neuroscientist Adrian Owen is shedding light on how gaming and exercise affect our cognitive abilities.Exploring the science that’s helping us live better, longer
October 15, 2024
A new podcast on the Science of Aging, produced by Schulich Medicine & Dentistry, features stimulating discussions with leading Western University researchers who are redefining what it means to get older.Ground-breaking discovery officially named
August 16, 2024
Adrian Owen's discovery of consciousness in vegetative patients, now officially named "cognitive motor dissociation," is revolutionizing neuroscience and has earned global recognition, shaping his career, bringing comfort to families and leading to a new field of researchRevealing thoughts of brain-injured patients
July 29, 2024
Neuroscientists Adrian Owen and Karnig Kazazian, along with their collaborators, have developed neuroimaging methods that can now predict ICU survival rates and reveal the thoughts and intentions of brain-injured individuals.Vaccination may reduce memory loss from COVID-19 infections
July 23, 2024
Canada Excellence Research Chair Dr. Robyn Klein and her team's new study identifies one potential mechanism driving COVID-19-induced memory loss and shows that it can be prevented by vaccinationAwakening the brain through the power of music
June 10, 2024
Alzheimer’s is a disease with devastating effects, stripping away a person’s memories and eventually their identity. Currently there is no pharmaceutical treatment to reverse it, but research is showing there is a therapy that seems to bring a person back, if only momentarily. Music. “We don’t really know why music has such a strong impact on humans,” said Jessica Grahn, psychology professor. “What we do know is that music has a profound effect on mood, and that is something that can be beneficial to dementia and Alzheimer’s patients.”
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