From the Wayne State University press release: A Wayne State University researcher believes studying people’s ability to find their way around may help explain why loss of mental capacity occurs with age. Scott Moffat, Ph.D.,…
From the JAMA and Archives Journals press release via EurekAlert!: Smoking in men appears to be associated with more rapid cognitive decline, according to a report published Online First by Archives of General Psychiatry, one…
From the Biomed press release via AlphaGalileo and ScienceDirect: It can be difficult to distinguish between people with normal age-associated memory loss and those with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI). However people with aMCI are…
From the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), UK press release: Older people feel that their health problems pose a challenge to their sense of independence, dignity and identity and sometimes the health care they…
From the Swinburne University of Technology via MedicalXPress: A daily mental ‘work-out’ has given a group of over 50s the brain performance of people several years younger, a Swinburne University of Technology clinical trial has…
From the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston press release: One of the most distinctive signs of the development of Alzheimer’s disease is a change in the behavior of a protein that neuroscientists call…
From the University of Bristol press release via EurekAlert!: New findings, led by neuroscientists at the University of Bristol and published this week in the journal Neurobiology of Aging, reveal a novel mechanism through which…
From the Uppsala University press release via EurekAlert!: New research from Uppsala University shows that reduced insulin sensitivity is linked to smaller brain size and deteriorated language skills in seniors. The findings are now published…
From the University of Reading press release via HealthCanal: Dr Carien van Reekum, a researcher at the University’s Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics (CINN), is due to begin a £465,000 study this year after…
From the Northwestern University press release: Age-related delays in neural timing are not inevitable and can be avoided or offset with musical training, according to a new study from Northwestern University. The study is the…