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Texas A&M University: Nature-Inspired Virtual Reality Boosts Emotional Well-Being In Older Adults Living With Dementia . “Exposure to nature — even in a virtual setting — can enhance the emotional well-being and quality of life for older adults living with dementia. That’s the main finding from a pilot study led by Junhyoung ‘Paul’ Kim, a health technology researcher with Department of […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/04/texas-am-university-nature-inspired-virtual-reality-boosts-emotional-well-being-in-older-adults-living-with-dementia/

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“At the very best, a mind enclosed in language is in prison. It is limited to the number of relations which words can make simultaneously present to it; and remains in ignorance of thoughts which involve the combination of a greater number. These thoughts are outside language, they are unformulable, although they are perfectly rigorous and clear and although every one of the relations they involve is capable of precise expression in words. So the mind moves in a closed space of partial truth, which may be larger or smaller, without ever being able so much as to glance at what is outside.”

–Simone Weil

Website features that are designed to improve accessibility for those with disabilities also makes those websites easier to read, and enhances cognitive engagement, for those without disabilities.

journals.plos.org/plosone/arti

journals.plos.orgImpact of web accessibility on cognitive engagement in individuals without disabilities: Evidence from a psychophysiological studyWeb accessibility features on websites are designed for individuals with disabilities that include low vision and cognitive impairments, but such features can benefit everyone. This study investigates the impact of accessibility features of the web on ambient/focal visual attention and cognitive processing in individuals without disabilities. The study involved 20 participants reading news websites with different levels of low vision and cognitive-related accessibility features while their eye movements and heart rate variability were monitored. The findings show that cognitive engagement declined over time when no accessibility enhancements were present. The study also demonstrates that enhancing cognitive accessibility leads to increased user cognitive engagement, while low vision accessibility features make websites easier to read. These findings are corroborated by self-reports and psychophysiological measures, such as eye-tracking metrics and heart rate variability. The effects from these psychophysiological measures, together with participants’ self-reports, support the benefits of enhancing web accessibility features for all users. The implications for future website design are also discussed.

New publication from Concordia University & School of Health researchers: "The longitudinal effects of global and regional brain measurements on cognitive abilities".

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nature.com/articles/s41598-025

NatureThe longitudinal effects of global and regional brain measurements on cognitive abilities - Scientific ReportsLoss of brain tissues and cognitive abilities are natural processes of aging, but longitudinal studies are limited. We explored the longitudinal association between global and regional brain measures with cognitive abilities among individuals with normal cognitive status, mild cognitive impairment, and Alzheimer’s Disease, including those with stable or progressive cognitive status, from the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. Follow-up was conducted approximately every six months for two to three years to classify participants by their cognitive status (n = 814). Mixed effects models were used to measure the longitudinal association between global and regional brain measures with cognitive abilities assessed by the Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment cognition sub-scale after controlling for covariates. While whole brain volume (controlling for head size) affected the rate of cognition changes among those with mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s, other volumetric and thickness measures (hippocampus volume, ventricles volume, and entorhinal cortex thickness) had differential effects on cognition, but not on the speed of their changes. Results highlight the potential importance of different brain regions on cognition, but perhaps not on the rate of change and should be further investigated.

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