Dr Alan Gow - Brain Training on Trial

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Dr Alan Gow - Brain Training on Trial

Many people spend their hard-earned cash on games promising to protect their thinking skills as they get older. Maybe you've tried those but are still forgetting what you went into that room for! Then let’s put brain training on trial. Be our prosecution, defence and jury as we examine the claims that brain training games protect your brain. Hear the evidence for and against their claims. As you question the evidence, what will your verdict be: brain training, proven or not?

Alan's research focuses on the identification of lifestyle and behavioural factors that predict healthy ageing, primarily cognitive ageing. That is, the factors that might protect or harm the ageing brain. Alan is mainly interested in factors which are malleable, such as activity participation and exercise, social networks and support, and occupational characteristics and exposures. By…