A quiet shift in memory can begin long before a diagnosis of dementia. These early changes often pass unnoticed, even as the brain slowly alters.

Scientists found a drug that can clear out toxic proteins in the brain, according to a study published in the journal ACS ...

A thirty percent gain in memory, recall, and cognition is great, but taking a daily multivitamin is still less important, ...

Brain training is structured and repeated practice that aims to improve cognitive functions. Studies on the impacts of brain training have produced mixed results. Nevertheless, researchers are still ...

Brain drain is common, but new treatments are working to heal the affliction that is often caused by overwork and ...

Considering the challenge that cognitive dysfunction and dementia represent to health is imperative to prioritize early diagnosis strategies and explore the pathophysiological mechanisms. There is no ...

When a person attempts to express their thoughts in writing, they use a series of cognitive functions like working memory to access words and ideas they want to convey, phonological awareness of ...

Every neurologist has fielded some version of the same question from patients sitting across the clinic table: "Is there ...

In psychological health research, a person’s ability to think, otherwise known as their cognitive functions, is a crucial subject of research. The cognitive functions are a variety of different, but ...

Data sources Cochrane Central, PsycINFO, Embase, Medline and CINAHL. Eligibility criteria Peer-reviewed, randomised controlled trials, in English (1990–present), which examined the effects of exercise ...

A new study is the first to show that two of our most sophisticated cognitive functions, using and understanding language and being able to sense how other people feel, have distinct origins in the ...

People often worry about their brains aging, focusing only on the cerebrum related to memory and dementia. However, the ...