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Does Listening to Music Stimulate Creative Thinking, or Stifle It?

Listening to music while you work “significantly impairs” creativity. That ...

Listening to music while you work “significantly impairs” creativity. That was the conclusion of a study published earlier this year in the journal Applied Cognitive Psychology that examined the effect of different types of background...

It May Be Possible to Counter Some of the Genetic Risk of Alzheimer’s With These Lifestyle Changes

An encouraging study finds that there are things people can do — apart from...

An encouraging study finds that there are things people can do — apart from taking drugs — that can lower the risk of dementia even among those with high risk genes

Despite the Headlines, We Don't Yet Know If Anticholinergic Drugs Contribute to Dementia Risk

A large study found a link between certain widely used anticholinergic drug...

A large study found a link between certain widely used anticholinergic drugs and a higher risk of dementia. But that doesn’t mean people should stop taking them