Brain Power for Peace: Building Global Relations through Neuroplasticity

BUILDING GLOBAL RELATIONS
THROUGH
NEUROPLASTICITY
BRAIN POWER FOR
PEACE:

Joyce Shaffer, PhD, Bellevue, WA USA
District 5030
Liliana Alberto, MD & Carina Zalazar, MD &
Hortencia Frias, MD
San Justo, Ste Fe, Argentina
District 4945

1. PROMOTING PEACE;
2. FIGHTING DISEASE;
3. SUPPORT EDUCATION

NEUROPLASTICITY
for the HEALTH of it
using evidence-based
interventions that you
can use anywhere in the
world.

Positive Psychology
is the scientific study of
human flourishing; the
study and application of
what it takes for people
and communities to
adapt and thrive; and the
study of building the
best things in life.
Chris Peterson, PhD

Hortencia Frias, MD
Epidemiologist
District 4945
BRAIN POWER FOR PEACE

Dementia is a global crisis of
increasing concern.
DEMENTIA
New diagnosis every _ _______

Dementia is a global crisis of
increasing concern.
DEMENTIA
2015 46.8 million/$818 billion

Dementia is a global crisis of increasing concern.
Timing is urgent!
DEMENTIA
Number of people doubles
every 20 years.

Quality of life suffers!
DEMENTIA
2030 74.7 million/$2 trillion

Quality of life suffers!
For patient and care providers!
DEMENTIA

58% of people with dementia
live in countries with
Low Socio Economic Status!
DEMENTIA

What can a good Rotarian do?
DEMENTIA

Rotarians, how can we
IMPROVE Brain Health?
DEMENTIA

Brookmeyer

IF ALL WE DO IS
DELAY THE ONSET
1 YEAR,
WE COULD HAVE

IF ALL WE DO IS
DELAY THE ONSET 1 YEAR,
WE COULD HAVE
9,200,000
FEWER CASES
OF DEMENTIA
BY 2050

ROTARIANS
to
IMPROVE
BRAIN HEALTH!

DEMENTIA
EVERY 7 SECONDS
ADRAG.org
Rudolph Tanzi, PhD

ROTARIANS, IF ALL WE DO IS
DELAY THE ONSET 1 YEAR,
WE COULD HAVE
9,200,000
FEWER CASES
OF DEMENTIA
BY 2050

Ramscar
“The Myth of Cognitive Decline

Ramscar
“The Myth of Cognitive Decline
is leading to an absurd waste
of human potential and human
capital.”

Robertson et al (2016): Negative Perceptions
of Aging Predict Longitudinal Decline in
Cognitive Function with decline in
verbal fluency AND self-rated memory
over 2 years.

Levy (2018): Positive age
beliefs protect against
dementia
even among elders with
high-risk gene.

Levy (2018): Positive age beliefs protect against dementia
even among elders with high-risk gene.
4,765 people 65+ without dementia
Among those with APOE ε4,
those with positive age beliefs were
49.8% less likely to develop
dementia
than those with negative age
beliefs.

POSITIVE AGE BELIEFS
PROTECT BRAIN HEALTH.

The other good news:
YOUR BRAIN IS PLASTIC

The other good news:
YOUR BRAIN IS PLASTIC
USE them and they will GROW.

Diamond: Enriching Heredity
Novelty
•Smell
•Sight
•Sound
•Touch
•Taste
(c) Joyce Shaffer, PhD, ABPP

^5% Brain weight Novelty
•Smell
•Sight
•Sound
•Touch
•Taste

^5% Brain weight
^Cortical volume
Novelty
•Smell
•Sight
•Sound
•Touch
•Taste

^5% Brain weight
^Cortical volume
Dendrites
•More complex
branching
•More spines
Novelty
• Smell
• Sight
• Sound
• Touch
• Taste

^5% Brain weight
^Cortical volume
Dendrites
•More complex
branching
•More spines
Novelty
• Smell
• Sight
• Sound
• Touch
• Taste
AT ANY AGE

In video on YouTube by
Marian Diamond, Mother of Neuroplasticity,
entitled “Older Brains.”

^5% Brain weight
^Cortical volume
Dendrites
•More complex
branching
•More spines
Novelty
•Smell
•Sight
•Sound
•Touch
•Taste
•TLC AT ANY AGE
•50% ^lifespan
•90 human years
•^Neuroplasticity

Novelty & TLC Enhances
Brain Health
PROTECT BRAIN HEALTH.

Rotarians, YOU are invited to do those
things that could “Enrich Heredity,”
because as Rotarians, you want
to be role models, and maybe also
be trainers, AND you want YOUR
improved Brain Power.

… you want YOUR improved:
Memory

Memory
Speed

Memory
Speed
Flexibility

Memory
Speed
Flexibility
Attention

Memory
Speed
Flexibility
Attention
Concentration

Memory
Speed
Flexibility
Attention
Concentration
Executive Skills

Neuroplasticity
USE THEM
AND
THEY WILL
GROW!!!!

Complex New Learning & TLC

Neurogenesis

Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
Neurogenesis

AEROBIC
EXERCISE

Carina Zalazar, MD
Cardiologist
District 4945

Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Chemical: Lipids & Diabetes

Mechanical:
Hypertension & Obesity

Behavioral:
Tobacco; Diet & Sedentary.

Carina Zalazar, MD
Cardiologist
Causes of Cognitive Decline

Causes of Cognitive Decline
Amyloid; Atherosclerosis; AND
Brain Stroke – Clot or Bleed.

Carina Zalazar, MD
Cardiologist
Control of Risk Factors

Control of Risk Factors
Healthy Blood Pressure;
Healthy Blood Sugars, Healthy Diet;
Healthy Emotions, Happy Moods;
NO smoking, no second-hand smoke;
HEALTHY DIET.

Benefits of Increasing Exercise
American Heart Association:
60% of Maximum Heart Rate for
150 minutes a week.

Increasing Exercise per AHA:
60% Max HR 150 minutes/week.
INDIRECT BENEFITS:
Improvement in blood flow;
Improved perfusion; AND
Better endothelial function.

Increasing Exercise per AHA:
60% Max HR 150 minutes/week.
DIRECT BENEFITS:
Decreases oxidative stress;
Increases nutrient supply;
Improves neuroplasticity, in
Synapse AND
Neurons.

Carina Zalazar, MD
Cardiologist
COMPLIANCE?

AEROBIC EXERCISE
^NEUROGENESIS
40 minutes
4 times a week
3 Months

AEROBIC EXERCISE
^NEUROGENESIS
40 minutes
4 times a week
3 Months
DECREASE TAU

AEROBIC EXERCISE
^NEUROGENESIS
40 minutes
4 times a week
3 Months
DECREASE TAU
45-60 minutes
4 times/week 6/M
70-80% MHR

NEW & NOTEWORTHY: 2017 study
shows, for the first time, that
VO2Max (up 13%) and
performance (up 11%) can
still be increased …

NEW & NOTEWORTHY: 2017 study
shows, for the first time, that
VO2Max (up 13%) and
performance (up 11%) can
still be increased between 101 and
103 years old … with 2 years
training a centenarian, at
103 years old, bicycled
16.7 Miles (26.9 km) in 1 h!

AEROBIC EXERCISE
“increases size of hippocampus”
& improves memory.

Brain Power Enhancers
AEROBIC EXERCISE
NOVELTY with TLC

Need to KNOW re: Neurogenesis

Complex New Learning

Neuroplasticity
“… slowing,
arresting
and
reversing
functional decline
in adults”
is possible
at any age
throughout adult life.
Merzenich

Neuroplasticity:
“these
interventions have
the potential
to reverse
age-related
decline.”
KARLENE BALL

Neuroplasticity: KARLENE BALL
10-Year Effects of the Advanced Cognitive
Training for Independent and Vital Elderly (ACTIVE) Cognitive
Training Trial on Cognition and Everyday Functioning in Older
Adults found:
Improved speed
^Independence
George W. Rebok, PhD,Karlene Ball, PhD,Lin T. Guey, PhD,Richard N. Jones, ScD,Hae-Young Kim, DrPH,Jonathan W. King, PhD,
Michael Marsiske, PhD,John N. Morris, PhD,Sharon L. Tennstedt, PhD, Frederick W. Unverzagt, PhD,and Sherry L. Willis, PhD, for
the ACTIVE Study Group (2014). JAGS 62:16–24.

Speed of processing.
Healthy elders after
speed of processing training
“had a 29% reduction in their
risk for dementia”
at 10 year follow up.
Joyce Shaffer, PhD, ABPP

Speed of processing.
Healthy elders after speed of processing
training “had a 29% reduction in their risk for
dementia” at 10 year of follow up.
“Each additional speed training
session was associated with a
10% lower hazard for
dementia.”
Joyce Shaffer, PhD, ABPP

Brain Health Enhancers
AEROBIC EXERCISE
TLC
COMPLEX NEW LEARNING

^Brain volume
^Brain function
^Connections
• More complex
• More health
• More spines
•Smell
•Sight
•Sound
•Touch
•Taste
•TLC AT ANY AGE
•50% ^lifespan
•90 human years
•Neuroplasticity

^BRAIN POWER

^BRAIN POWER
^PROSOCIAL

^BRAIN POWER
^PROSOCIAL
MUSIC = PREFERRED

^BRAIN POWER
^PROSOCIAL
MUSIC = PREFERRED
•Muscle coordination
•Entrainment
•Synchronicity
•Sight
•Sound
•Emotions
•Dance

^BRAIN POWER
^PROSOCIAL
MUSIC GROUPS
•Entrainment
•Synchronicity
•Sight
•Sound
•Emotions
•Dance
•TLC

^BRAIN POWER
INTELLIGENCE
^PROSOCIAL
MUSIC GROUPS
•Entrainment
•Synchronicity
•Sight
•Sound
•Emotions
•Dance
•TLC

^BRAIN POWER
INTELLIGENCE
^PROSOCIAL
SOCIAL BONDS
MUSIC GROUPS
•Entrainment
•Synchronicity
•Sight
•Sound
•Emotions
•Dance
•TLC

^BRAIN POWER
INTELLIGENCE
^PROSOCIAL
SOCIAL BONDS
^BRAIN HEALTH
CHEMISTRY
ARCHITECTURE
PERFORMANCE
NETWORKING
MUSIC GROUPS
•Entrainment
•Synchronicity
•Sight
•Sound
•Emotions
•Dance
•TLC

BRAIN HEALTH WITH PYAAM
Currently in South America:
^Assessments by Physicians

Courses for caregivers/Train the Trainers

Memory Cafes

Memory Cafes
Aerobic Classes for Elders:
Begin with Tango Classes

Memory Cafes
Encourage Elder’s Complex New Learning:
Artistic; Social; Gymnastics; AND
MUSIC
MusicMendsMinds.org

Memory Cafes
MUSIC
MusicMendsMinds.org
Adults reading to residents of nursing homes

Memory Cafes
MUSIC
MusicMendsMinds.org
Adults reading to residents of nursing homes
Rotary Youth Exchange Students

ROTARIANS, anywhere in the world,
PLEASE HELP US HELP THEM.

PLEASE HELP US HELP THEM:
Be the creator of MusicMendsMinds.org

and/or PlayingForChange.org

and/or PlayingForChange.org meetings in
Youth Centers;
Nursing Homes;
Rehab Centers;
Community Centers; AND/OR
Churches.

and/or PlayingForChange.org meetings in
Youth Centers;
Nursing Homes;
Rehab Centers;
Community Centers; AND/OR
Churches.
Take piano lessons.
GIVE piano lessons.

NEUROPLASTICITY for:
SUPPORTING
EDUCATION

FIGHTING DISEASE;
& SUPPORTING
EDUCATION

1. PROMOTING PEACE;
2. FIGHTING DISEASE;
3. SUPPORTING
EDUCATION

Questions?
Joyce Shaffer, PhD, Bellevue, WA USA
District 5030
IdealAging.com/Contact
Liliana Alberto, MD & Carina Zalazar, MD
& Hortencia Frias, MD
District 4945

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