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Tag Archives: Brain Training
Brain Training in Later Life: Limited Value for Prevention of Cognitive Decline? (BBC News / BMJ / NHS Digital)
Summary A Scottish study indicates that self-reported intellectual engagement (in the form of performing puzzles, crosswords and other problem-solving activities) during later life has little influence on the trajectory of decline of memory or mental processing speed. The cognitive reserve … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer’s Research UK, BBC News, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Scotland, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Aberdeen Birth Cohort Studies, Alzheimer's Research UK, Bazian, BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, Biology and Biotechnology Science Research Council, BMJ, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, Brain Training, British Medical Journal (BMJ), Cognitive Decline, Cognitive Decline Studies, Cognitive Impairment, Cognitive Impairment (Potential Risk and Protective Factors), Cognitive Interventions, Cognitive Reserve, Cognitive Reserve Hypothesis, Cognitive Stimulation, Cognitive Training, Cognitive Training Exercises, Cognitively Stimulating Activities, Critical Appraisals, Curiosity (Openness), Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Department of Psychology: National University of Ireland, Department of Psychology: University of Aberdeen, Engage Your Brain: GCBH Recommendations on Cognitively Stimulating Activities, Enjoyment and General Engagement, Global Council on Brain Health (GCBH), Healthy Ageing, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Living, Henry Smith Charity, Hobbies and Interests, Institute of Applied Health Sciences: University of Aberdeen, Intellectual Engagement (Self-Reported), Ireland, Lifelong Learning, Meaningful Activity, Meaningful Activity and Occupation, Meaningful Occupation, Medical Research Council, Mentally Challenging Occupations, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Modifiable Risk Factors, National University of Ireland (Galway), Neuroprotective Lifestyles, NHS Grampian (Aberdeen), Positive Engagement, Problem-Solving Skills, Progression of Mild Cognitive Impairment, Rates of Conversion From Mild Cognitive Impairment to Dementia, Scottish Government Health Department, Scottish Mental Health Survey of 1947, Skills and Hobbies, Slowing of Cognitive Decline, University of Aberdeen, Use It or Lose It Hypothesis, Use It or Lose It Hypothesis: Benefit of Cognitively Stimulating Activity, Wellcome Trust
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Re-Examining the Potential of Brain Training for Reducing Risk of Developing Dementia (NHS Choices / Alzheimer’s & Dementia)
Summary There appears to be some evidence that brain training (cognitive stimulation) using computer-based memory training games may assist in the preservation of cognitive functioning in older adults, aged 65 or above, and might have some limited potential to help … Continue reading
Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
Tagged Advanced Cognitive Training in Vital Elderly Trial, Advanced Training in Vital Elderly Study (ACTIVE), Alzheimer's Association International Conference (Toronto), Alzheimer’s and Dementia (Journal), Alzheimer’s and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions, Bazian, Behind the Headlines, Brain Training, Brain Training Games, Cognitive and Aerobic Resilience for the Brain Trial, Cognitive Decline, Cognitive Decline Studies, Cognitive Impairment, Cognitive Impairment (Potential Risk and Protective Factors), Cognitive Interventions, Cognitive Reserve, Cognitive Reserve Hypothesis, Cognitive Stimulation, Cognitive Training, Cognitive Training Exercises, Cognitively Stimulating Activities, Computer Games, Concentrated Attention, Critical Appraisals, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center, Indiana University, Memory Training, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination, Moderna Therapeutics, National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institute on Aging, New Technology, Pennsylvania State University, Reasoning, Reasoning Training, Speed Training (Cognitive), Speed Training (Reasoning), United States, University of South Florida, USA
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Recommendations For Cognitively Stimulating Activities to Promote Lasting Brain Health (BBC News / GCBH)
Summary The Global Council on Brain Health (GCBH) has released a report which summarises evidence-based recommendations for the public on adopting cognitively stimulating activities which may help to minimise cognitive decline. Brain training games appear to provide few of the … Continue reading
Posted in Age UK, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
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Dementia Risk Reduction: Suggestions for Lifestyle Modification (NHS Choices / Lancet / BBC News / AAIC)
Summary A large-scale international review, by the Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention, Intervention and Care (LCDPIC), suggests that perhaps one in three cases of dementia could be prevented if people took steps to follow healthier lifestyles and so protect their … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Depression, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Hypertension, In the News, Integrated Care, International, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Statistics, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
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Brain Training Game May Improve Symptoms of Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment? (NHS Choices / International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology)
Summary A small research study, involving older persons with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), indicates that cognitive training delivered in the form of a brain training game (the app called “Game Show”) may help improve memory and might potentially reduce / … Continue reading
Posted in For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Management of Condition, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Active Engagement, Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (a-MCI), Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (aMCI), Apathy Evaluation Scale (AES), Behind the Headlines, Brain Training, Brain Training Games, Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised (BVMT-R), Cambridge and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery Paired Associates Learning (PAL), Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, CANTAB Choice Reaction Time (CRT), CANTAB Paired Associates Learning, Cognitive Training, Cognitive Training Exercises, Computer Games, Computerised Touch Screen Games, Critical Appraisals, Dementias and Neurodegeneration NIHR Clinical Research Network (Eastern DeNDRon), Department of Clinical Neurosciences and MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit: University of Cambridge, Department of Psychiatry: University of Cambridge, Department of Psychological Sciences: University of East Anglia, Effects of Cognitive Training on General Cognition and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms, Enjoyment and General Engagement, Episodic Memory, Eton College, Game Show app, Game Show Cognitive Training app, Gamification, Gamification (Improved Engagement and Motivation), Gamified Cognitive Training, Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS Short Form), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Information Technology, International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, Intrinsic Motivation, Involvement and Participation, Ipad Technology, Janssen Pharmaceutical, Johnson and Johnson, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), Motivational Enhancement, MRC / Wellcome Trust Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute, Neuropsychological Assessment, New Technology, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, Paired Associates Learning, Positive Engagement, Progression of Mild Cognitive Impairment to Dementia, Rates of Conversion From Mild Cognitive Impairment to Dementia, University of Cambridge, University of East Anglia, Wallitt Foundation, Wellcome Trust, Wellcome Trust Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute: University of Cambridge
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Bilingualism, Even if Acquired in Adulthood, Beneficial for Brain Ageing (BBC News / Annals of Neurology / Behavioural Neurology)
Summary Further research from the Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology at the University of Edinburgh has investigated the apparent link between bilingualism and improvements in the rate of cognitive decline. Their latest research indicates that learning a second language … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Quick Insights, Scotland, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Active and Healthy Ageing, Ageing Well, Annals of Neurology, Behavioural Neurology (Journal), Bilingual Advantage, Bilingual People, Bilingualism, Bilingualism and Later-Life Cognition, Bloomfield Centre for Research in Aging, Brain Jog (Brain Training), Brain Training, Canada, Centre for Cognitive Aging and Cognitive Epidemiology: University of Edinburgh, Cognitive Activity and Cognitive Decline, Cognitive Decline, Cognitive Exercises, Cognitive Impairment, Cognitive Inactivity, Cognitive Performance, Cognitive Reserve Hypothesis, Cognitive Stimulation, Concordia University, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Human Cognitive Neuroscience and Centre for Cognitive Aging and Cognitive Epidemiology: University of Edinburgh, India, Jewish General Hospital (Montreal), Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research and Jewish General Hospital, Learning Two Languages, McGill University, McGill University Memory Clinic, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Mt. Sinai Hospital (Toronto), Natural Brain Training, Neurology, Neurology (Journal), Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (Hyderabad), Osmania University (Hyderabad), Rotman Research Institute (Toronto), Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital (Canada), University of Edinburgh, University of Toronto, Using Two Languages, York University (Toronto)
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Bilingualism Delays Dementia Onset? (BBC News / NHS Choices / Neurology)
Summary A study of 650 dementia patients in India indicates that people who speak two or more languages tend to have a delayed onset of Alzheimer’s Disease, vascular dementia and frontotemporal dementia. People who speak more than one language typically … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Quick Insights, Scotland, Statistics, Universal Interest
Tagged Age at Onset Studies, Age of Dementia Onset, Bazian, BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, Bilingual Advantage, Bilingual People, Bilingual Switching, Bilingualism, Brain Jog (Brain Training), Brain Training, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences: University of Edinburgh, Centre for Cognitive Aging and Cognitive Epidemiology: University of Edinburgh, Centre for Neural and Cognitive Sciences: University of Hyderabad, Cognitive Science Research Initiative: Government of India, Cognitive Stimulation, Dakkhini, Department of Linguistics: Osmania University, Department of Neurology: Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (India), Department of Neurology: Yashoda Hospitals, Edinburgh University, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Hyderabad, India, Learning Two Languages, Natural Brain Training, Neurology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (Hyderabad), Osmania University (Hyderabad), Risk Factors, Social Epidemiology, Telugu, University of Hyderabad, Using Two Languages, Yashoda Hospitals (Hyderabad)
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