Dr. Brick and Ms. Dickens presented talks at the annual meeting of the Georntological Society of America (GSA 2019) in Austin, Texas this week. GSA is always an interesting meeting, looking at the science of aging–a vital science, especially as the global trends show our population living longer, and the proportion of older adults increasing as time goes on. Topics included methods to model and understand patterns in individual growth trajectories (like Dr. Brick’s sequence learning methods), and the relationships between sleep and well-being.
Other topics focused on issues of cognitive aging, dementia and Alzheimers, and technological and methodological innovations to model and improve the well-being of older adults through improved cognitive function, better mobility, and increased independence.