A new study shows that a novel online assessment provides a valid scientific measure of the cognitive abilities of older ...

“GenAI is potentially dangerous to the long-term growth of developers. If you pass all the thinking to GenAI, then the result ...

A Finnish population study shows that signs related to Alzheimer's disease may already be found in the brain in middle age.

Young Democrat wants cognitive tests for aging members of Congress - Despite Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’s amendment failing, she wants to have a tough conversation about older members of Congress ...

Objectives To review the efficacy of cognitive interventions on improving general cognition in dementia. Method Online literature databases and trial registers, previous systematic reviews and leading ...

If you or a loved one is over the age of 65, and has had serious changes in cognition or memory lately, then it's important ...

The 74 reports that cognitive skills increase until the 40s, declining later only if not regularly used, highlighting the ...

A new longitudinal study suggests that overall well-being—and especially a strong sense of purpose—are important components ...

Those who are blessed with long lives will eventually experience a decline in cognitive functions, and working memory is ...

We examined whether short-term memory (STM) capacity, type of practice, metacognitive judgments and task characteristics influence the likelihood of cognitive offloading. We used Risko and Dunn’s ...

Tests of hippocampal-dependent cognition may provide some benefit here. While neuropsychological cognitive tests cannot of course replace biomarker tests and clinical assessments, they may have some ...

Age-appropriate cognitive assessments have been done at five points, so far. The team found that looking at cognitive tests in infancy could predict about 13% of the variance in scores at age 30.