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Why I joined the GCBH

Dr. Jessica Langbaum and Dr. Peggye Dilworth Anderson explain why they joined the collaborative

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Moving Toward a Healthy Brain

View the 2016 Capitol Hill briefing

Survey

2015 AARP Brain Health Survey

Nearly half of all people are not doing the most important activities to support brain health

About the GCBH


The Global Council on Brain Health (GCBH) is an independent collaborative of scientists, health professionals, scholars and policy experts from around the world working in areas of brain health related to human cognition. The GCBH focuses on brain health relating to peoples’ ability to think and reason as they age, including aspects of memory, perception and judgment. The GCBH is convened by AARP with support from Age UK to offer the best possible advice about what older adults can do to maintain and improve their brain health. GCBH members come together to discuss specific lifestyle issue areas that may impact peoples’ brain health as they age with the goal of providing evidence-based recommendations for people to consider incorporating into their lives.

Read the GCBH program summary (PDF)

AARP Milestones in Brain Health
Where we've been and where we are going

AARP Milestones in Brain Health

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Reports

Nutrition and Brain Health

In this report, The Global Council on Brain Health (GCBH) examines the state of science on the impact diet has on brain health in adults over 50.

Cognitively Stimulating Activities

The report examines how stimulating your brain through various intellectual activities provides benefits for adults’ brain health and can impact how well your brain functions

More Reports

Social Engagement and Brain Health

The report emphasizes that positive relationships, maintained over your lifetime, support well-being and brain health

Sleep and Brain Health

AARP research has found that better sleep is correlated with people having higher perceptions of their well-being and brain health

Physical Activity and Brain Health

Information on the relationship between exercise and brain function and how the GCBH can motivate sustained behavior change