Who writes the BrightYears Journal.
Health content is only as trustworthy as the people who write and review it. Here is how the BrightYears Journal is researched and edited, the standards every post is held to, and where the sources come from.
The BrightYears Team
BrightYears is a small team of product designers, engineers, and researchers building memory-training tools grounded in published cognitive science. Every claim in our journal is sourced from primary, peer-reviewed research.
Editorial standards
- ✓All claims sourced from peer-reviewed research
- ✓Citations link to PubMed, The Lancet, JAMA, Nature, and similar primary sources
- ✓Every post lists its sources and the date it was last revised
Recent writing
Every post lists its primary sources and the date it was last revised.
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Crossword puzzles are the classic brain exercise. Here is what the evidence actually says about crosswords, memory, and cognitive decline.