A new study highlights a link between walking faster in later life and a roughly 50% lower risk of cognitive decline, ...

Cognitive function, hand dexterity, and breathing ability play an important role in helping people with chronic obstructive ...

Learn how even subtle declines in heart function may affect the brain years later, potentially increasing the risk of memory ...

Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is frequently accompanied by deficits across multiple cognitive domains, notably attention, memory, executive function and processing speed. These impairments often ...

As populations age globally, understanding how cognitive changes influence daily living has become imperative. Cognitive functioning encompasses domains such as memory, attention, processing speed and ...

To remain mentally fit for as long as possible in old age, it is important to understand which risk factors could impact cognitive functioning already early in life. Scientists led by the German ...

Decades of exercise research data support the common view that steady workouts over the long haul produce not only physical benefits but also improved brain function. But what about single bursts of ...

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 ...

Neuropsychological assessment, or cognitive testing, is the gold standard tool for measuring cognitive functions (or the “software” of the brain) such as memory, language, attention, visuospatial ...

A new study suggests that the amount of time adolescents spend playing video games does not inherently predict cognitive harm ...