News tagged with cognitive outcomes

'Exergames' may provide cognitive benefit for older adults

Virtual reality-enhanced exercise, or "exergames," combining physical exercise with computer-simulated environments and interactive videogame features, can yield a greater cognitive benefit for older adults ...

Health Jan 17, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Most patients need several sequential treatment steps for remission of major depression

Major depressive disorder is a major public health problem that affects 7% of the population during any 12-month period and affects around 1 in 6 people throughout their lifetime. A Seminar published Online First by the Lancet review ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Dec 19, 2011 | not rated yet | 1

Body weight, sleep-disordered breathing and cognition linked in children

Researchers at the University of Chicago have found important new relationships between obesity, sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and cognitive processing among elementary school children.

Health Nov 04, 2011 | not rated yet | 0 |

Study identifies fish oil's impact on cognition and brain structure

Researchers at Rhode Island Hospital's Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Disorders Center have found positive associations between fish oil supplements and cognitive functioning as well as differences in brain structure between ...

Health Aug 17, 2011 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 1 |

Sleep-disordered breathing may increase risk of cognitive impairment, dementia among older women

Older women with sleep-disordered breathing, as indicated by measures of hypoxia (oxygen deficiency), were more likely to develop cognitive impairment or dementia than women without this disorder, according to a study in ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Aug 10, 2011 | not rated yet | 0

Children born after unplanned pregnancy are slower to develop

Children born after unplanned pregnancies tend to have a more limited vocabulary and poorer non-verbal and spatial abilities; however this is almost entirely explained by their disadvantaged circumstances, according to a ...

Health Jul 26, 2011 | 5 / 5 (2) | 4

Religion benefits traumatic brain injury victims, research finds

Brigid Waldron-Perrine, Ph.D., a recent graduate from Wayne State University, and her mentor, Lisa J. Rapport, Ph.D., professor of psychology at Wayne State University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, found that if ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Jun 28, 2011 | not rated yet | 0 |

Mind/body program increases pregnancy rates in IVF treatment

There is no doubt that undergoing infertility treatment is stressful, with high rates of anxiety and depression reported by many patients. Mind/body therapies designed to help women reduce stress earlier in the treatment ...

Other May 09, 2011 | not rated yet | 0

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