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At harvard medical school, boston, yankner and his colleague george church are now recipients of an nih directors 2016 transformative research award to apply what theyve learned about the aging brain to study changes in the brains of younger people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, two poorly understood psychiatric disorders. T he brains prefrontal cortex especially interests dilip jeste, a former president of the american psychiatric association and director of the sam and rose stein institute for research on aging at the university of california, san diego. The scientific american day in the life of your brain reveals whats going on in there while you sleep and dream, how your brain makes memories and forms addictions and why we sometimes make bad decisions. Her tone is optimistic and constructive, and her suggestions are based on scientific evidence. Aug 25, 2017 dancing can reverse the signs of aging in the brain date.
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