Research bytes: Two new brain fitness/training studies in the elderly

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More on olfaction and age-related cognitive decline

Thanks to the Brain Blog for yet another empirical study that demonstrates the importance of olfactory abilities (Go) in relationship to age-related cognitive decline (see prior post).

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Random tidbits from mind blogsphere 12-27-06

• Thanks to Boing Boing for the interesting post regarding "knitting and mathematics."
• The brain fitness movement (with regard to late adulthood) made a splash on the New York Times today.
• More on Go (olfactory) abilities over on the Gene Expression blog. Check out prior Go posts I've made.

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More on Go (olfactory abilities)

Thanks to Omni Brain for the FYI post regarding the "oflactometer" from the Berkely Olfactory Research Project (BORP). In prior posts I've highlighted emerging research that implicates Go (General olfactory abilities) as an important component of Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC theory of cognitive abilities).

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Neuroscience of smell and taste

Thanks to Mind Hacks for the tip re: an article in Nature about our senses of smell and flavor. This is a nice follow-up to my recent post (The nose "knows") re: recent research on the importance of Go (olfactory) abilities in the CHC taxonomy of human cognitive abilities.

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