Your research is about stress, tell us more.
I look at how stress affects ageing, and particularly how it affects our memory performance as we get older. For some people, stress can feed into worrying things such as brain fog, poor sleep, mental health problems and memory impairment. My research looks for biological signals that can tell us about how stress relates to a person’s experience of ageing.
Who are you involving in your research?
We are really fortunate in Ireland to have very large, rich studies of people over the age of 50.
Continue Reading on The Irish Times
This preview shows approximately 15% of the article. Read the full story on the publisher's website to support quality journalism.