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Speed-of-processing cognitive training in older adults significantly reduced dementia risk over 20 years, outperforming memory and reasoning training. Its adaptive, implicit learning approach may ...

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Cognitive psychology doctorate student Haley Bennett, ‘26G, ‘29G, is researching spatial attention to better understand how ...