ASA - American Society on Aging

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ASA Cognitive Fitness Related Publications

National Forum on Brain Fitness Presents:

What the recent NIH Expert Panel on Alzheimer’s Prevention Means – and Doesn’t Mean
Written by: Alvaro Fernandez, co-founder and CEO of Sharp Brains

To Manage Brain Fitness Through Life, We Need to Put Puzzle Pieces Together
Written by: Alvaro Fernandez, co-founder and CEO of Sharp Brains

From ASA Artilcle Search:

The CDC Healthy Brain Initiative: Public Health and Cognitive Impairment
By Kristine Day, Generations, Vol33, No 1 (Spring 2009):pp 11-18

Cognitive Aging and Community: A New View
By Peter Whitehouse, Aging Today, Vol. XXX, No 2 (March-April 2009):pp 7,8

Mental Fitness Approaches Offer Hope for Dementia Prevention Among Older Adults
by Kristy Klein Dimensions, Vol. 15, No. 3 (Fall 2008)

A Senior Center Without Walls Reaches Out to Bring Learning to Isolated Elders by Therese B. Englehart The Older Learner, Vol. 16, No. 4 (Fall 2008)

A New Perspective on Sustaining and Increasing Learning Capacity with Age
By Gene Cohen, Dimensions, Vol. 15 No.2 (Summer 2008)

Brain-Health Business Grows With Research and Demand by Alvaro Fernandez Aging Today, Vol. XXIX, No. 2 (March-April 2008): pp 10.

Senior Centers Encourage Brain Health Through Lifelong Learning and Activity by Sandi R. Johnson The Older Learner, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Spring 2008)

Five Questions for Paul D. Nussbaum: Linking Mental Health and Brain Health by Tobi A. Abramson Dimensions, Vol. 14, No. 3 (Fall 2007)

Researchers Reveal Mind-Body Connection to Brain Health by ASA Editorial Staff Aging Today, Vol. XXVIII, No. 2 (March-April 2007): pp 1, 5.

CDC Brain Health Initiative Focuses on Cognitive Research by Nancy Aldrich Aging Today, Vol. XXVIII, No. 1 (January-February 2007): pp 5, 6. Article includes the sidebars "Research Highlights" and "The States of Aging Brains."

Book Review: Mental Fitness for Life: Seven Steps to Healthy Aging
The Older Learner, Vol. 13, No. 4 (Fall 2005): pp 3.

Achieving Optimal Mental Fitness in Later Life
by Sandra A. Cusack, The Older Learner, Vol. 13, No. 4 (Fall 2005): pp 3, 6.

Art Therapy Enhances the Well-Being of Older Adults With Dementia, Mental Illness by Gene D. Cohen, Deborah Ann. DelSignore Dimensions, Vol. 10, No. 2 (Summer 2003): pp 2, 6.

Resource Review: Aerobics of the Mind Mental Fitness Cards
The Older Learner, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Winter 2002): pp 5, 7.

Lifestyle Programs May Reduce Alzheimer's Risk Dimensions, Vol. 9, No. 2 (Summer 2002): pp 2.

Do Brain Studies Point the Way to a 'Learning Vaccine'? Aging Today, Vol. XXII, No. 6 (November-December 2001): pp 1, 17.

Life Review as an Alzheimer's Intervention: Results of an American-Japanese Project by Phyllis J. Meltzer Dimensions, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Winter 2000): pp 4-5, 8.