Bilingualism is often associated with stronger executive function. SUTD and NUS scientists found that early bilingual acquisition can also protect cognitive processes that facilitate our social and emotional skills against ...
Mar 26, 2024
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New research suggests healthy lifestyles can help stave off dementia, perhaps by building a resilient 'cognitive reserve' in the aging brain.
Feb 6, 2024
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Walk 10,000 steps a day, cut back alcohol, get better sleep at night, stay socially active—we're told that changes like these can prevent up to 40% of dementia cases worldwide.
Nov 29, 2023
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High-profile sports like football and soccer have brought greater attention in recent years to concussions—the mildest form of traumatic brain injury.
Nov 15, 2023
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Cognitive reserve—the term given to the capacity to maximize cognitive performance through differential engagement of cerebral networks or alternative cognitive strategies—protects the cognitive functions of brain tumor ...
Jul 13, 2023
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The term "sundowning" is sometimes used to describe a tendency for people living with dementia to become more confused in the late afternoon and into the night.
Jul 7, 2023
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New research published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society found a link between regular use of the internet and a lower risk of dementia.
May 3, 2023
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University of Sydney researchers who compared people with frontotemporal dementia have found that those born overseas who first spoke a language other than English can tolerate the disease longer before symptoms gain a foothold.
Mar 14, 2023
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Tasmanian researchers are one step closer to understanding why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease, with their research recently published in the journal Neurology.
Feb 20, 2023
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Why do some people with amyloid plaques in their brains associated with Alzheimer's disease show no signs of the disease, while others with the same amount of plaque have clear memory and thinking problems? Researchers looked ...
Aug 3, 2022
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