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Falling for financial scams? It may signal early Alzheimer’s disease

New USC Dornsife research reveals a link between the thickness of a certain brain region and vulnerability to financial exploitation in older adults.

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    Funny, piercing, ambitious: USC Dornsife English professor Danzy Senna has written another banger. Her latest novel, Colored Television, has been named Book of the Month from coast (Good Morning America @gmabookclub) to coast (California Book Club @altajournal).

    With features this week in The New Yorker and New Yorker Radio, it’s hard to hold back our Trojan pride. It’s a good thing we don’t have to. ✌️

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