Both the Eden Alternative and the Butterfly Model are philosophies of care that seek to radically transform the traditional, institutional nursing home into a vibrant, person-centered home. Moira Welsh features both in Happily Ever Older as leading examples of successful, humane care models . While they share the same goal of eliminating loneliness, helplessness, and boredom, their origins and methods differ. Here’s […]

𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲: 𝐖𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝. If you are managing chronic anxiety, you are managing a significant, preventable risk factor for your cognitive future. A comprehensive analysis of data from nearly 30,000 people found […]

The study of vertebrate brain morphology has entered a transformative era. While traditional neuroimaging has long relied on rectilinear volume or labeled atlases, these methods often struggle with the “correspondence problem”—the extreme anatomical variation of the human cortical surface. At the Institute for Neuroplasticity Research, we are closely following the shift toward Generalized Procrustes Surface […]