CENTER FOR BRAINHEALTH Virtual reality isn’t just for gaming. Researchers can use virtual reality, or VR, to assess participants’ attention, memory and problem-solving abilities in real world settings. By using VR technology to examine how folks complete daily tasks, like making a grocery list, researchers can better help clinical populations that struggle with executive functioning to manage...
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Brainhealth: Financial decision-making capacity need not decline in healthy advanced aging
CENTER FOR BRAINHEALTH New research from The Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas shows that advancing age alone is not the defining factor in impaired financial decision-making. The study, published in Frontiers, assessed how – and whether – age influences cognitive processes that may be involved in financial decision-making. The researchers investigated how factors such...