Blog: The Brain Dialogues, filtered by tag: Social Cognition

Further understanding of social cognition, and how it changes across the lifespan and interacts with cognitive decline, is essential for underpinning risk factors for neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia. Rhiagh Cleary, Research Assistant within CHeBA’s Social Cognition Study, hopes to achieve exactly this, to strengthen the ability of families to cope with and potentially inhibit the effects of such diseases on loved ones.   How did you get into researching the ageing brain? Trial and error. I followed both what I was interested in and the opportunities that arose. My first career… Read More

RHIAGH CLEARY & HEIDI DOUGLASS Human beings are by nature social beings, and socialising is important to maintain mental, emotional and physical health.  Socialisation has been shown to boost immunity and have health benefits such as reduced osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis and improved cognitive function and cardiovascular health. According to researchers at the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), those who socialise regularly are more likely to live longer, healthier, and happier lives.  Rhiagh Cleary Our research also shows that the pattern in which you socialise can… Read More