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Research Hit: Three Psychological Profiles That Determine Mental and Brain Health Over Time
New research has discovered that psychological profiles are associated with various age-related brain functions and disorders
What! Only three psychological profiles that determine this — what was this research?
Yes, it doesn’t sound like much — as usual these will be broad groups, but fascinating nonetheless.
The research was conducted by David Bartrés-Faz and colleagues at the University of Barcelona who wanted to find out how psychological profiles impact aging, mental health, cognitive, and brain health decline. The research into aging mostly focuses on behaviours (see seven habits, for example, below) yet we know that certain psychological characteristics affect multiple mental conditions.
The researchers took data from two cohorts of middle-aged (750) and older adults (282) one of which was over time and both of which included brain scanning data. This combined with…
