Yaakov Stern, a neuropsychology professor at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, recommends maintaining “educational and mentally stimulating activities throughout life.”
Jennifer Manly, a neuropsychology professor at Columbia University, told CNN that scientists have been monitoring a cohort of adults over age 65, many from the Washington Heights area, since 1992.
The study’s lead author was Dr. Justin Golub, an assistant professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
“The people who were illiterate in the study developed dementia at an earlier age than people who were literate in the study,” says Jennifer J. Manly, senior author of the paper.
"We do know from our own, as well as other people's research, that there remain widespread misperceptions about influenza and the vaccine," said study co-author Melissa Stockwell.
Editor's Note: This article references a paper in Cell whose senior author, Stephen Goff, is the Higgins Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics.
Paul Appelbaum, a professor of and an expert on psychiatry ethics at Columbia University, says it’s an “open secret” that clinicians in psychiatric emergency rooms will look up patients online.
“You miss out on conversations, on invitations or knowing what’s going on on the weekend,” says Lauren Hoffman, a psychologist at the Columbia University Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders.
