Name: Storytelling and Ageing Minds
Start: 2025-05-19T18:30:00
End: 2025-05-19T21:00:00
Location: Theatre in the Mill

Ageing, dementia, science and you!

Professor Jan Oyebode (Professor of Dementia Care, University of Bradford)

Professor Richard Fortinsky (Professor and Health Net Inc. Endowed Chair in Geriatrics and Gerontology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine )

Scientific progress has been made in understanding how our bodies and minds age. If ageing can be slowed, illnesses like heart disease and dementia might be delayed or avoided. We will talk about studies going on now to try and slow ageing, and what this might mean for you and your family and friends.

Reading Between the Lines: how fiction enhances social skills

Dr Min Yong (Associate Professor in Psychology, University of Bradford)

In this talk, Min Yong will explain why reading fiction is important for improving your Theory-of-Mind, drawing on evidence and theories from psychology, literature, and philosophy. She will also share the latest findings from her lab. Given the irreversible shift towards an older population, there is potential for using fiction to support older adults on how to best maintain their cognitive function, independence and overall quality of life.

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