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Plasticity – a key to overcoming Alzheimer’s
Not too long ago, I posted a blog about the Nuns Study, a brain science research project that studied nuns from the order of Notre Dame over several years. They administered annual cognitive exams of each subject, and when they died, examined their brains. One of the subjects, Sister Bernadette,...
The nun study, brain reserve, and plasticity
Back in 1986, the University of Minnesota began a study known as the Nun Study. For several years, researchers conducted annual cognitive exams on nuns from the order of Notre Dame.  Each participant agreed to allow autopsies of their brains after they died.  The purpose of the study was to...
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