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Tag Archives: Cognitive Reserve Hypothesis
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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Further Confirmation of the Benefits of Education for Cognitive Reserve? (NHS Choices / BMJ)
Summary A detailed investigation into modifiable risk factors for Alzheimer’s Disease provides further confirmation that levels of educational attainment are associated with a reduced risk of developing Alzheimer’s Disease. The following NHS Choices Behind the Headlines critical appraisal provides a … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, 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, Statistics, Universal Interest
Tagged Access to Education, Additional Year of Education Associated With an 11% Reduction in Risk of Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer’s Disease Genetics Consortium (ADGC), Bazian, Behind the Headlines, Benefits of Education, BMJ, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, Cognitive Reserve, Cognitive Reserve Hypothesis, Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology Consortium (CHARGE), CoSTREAM Consortium, Dementia Risk Factors, Department of Clinical Neurosciences: University of Cambridge, Department of Public Health and Primary Care: University of Cambridge, Educational Attainment, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, European Alzheimer's Disease Initiative (EADI), European Union's Horizon 2020, Formal Education and Complex Work (Cognitive Reserve), Genetic and Environmental Risk in Alzheimer’s Disease Consortium (GERAD), Genetic Risk Factors, Genetic Variants, German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases, German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Germany, Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research: Klinikum der Universität München, Institute of Environmental Medicine: Karolinska Institutet (Sweden), International Genomics of Alzheimer's Project (IGAP), International Genomics of Alzheimer’s Project, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska Institutet, Klinikum der Universität München, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Ludwig-Maximilians University ( Munich), Mendelian Randomisation, Modifiable Risk Factors, MRC Biostatistics Unit: University of Cambridge, Munich, Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy): Germany, Overlapping Risk Factors, Potentially Modifiable Socio-Environmental Risk Factors, Potentially Modifiable Socio-Environmental Risk Factors for Dementia, Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Diseease, Socio-Environmental Risk Factors, Socio-Environmental Risk Factors for Dementia, Stroke Research Group: University of Cambridge, Sweden, Sweden; Karolinska Institutet, Swedish Brain Foundation, Unit of Nutritional Epidemiology: Karolinska Institutet (Sweden), University of Cambridge
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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
Tagged 2017 AARP Cognitive Activity and Brain Health Survey, Activities and Hobbies, Ageing Population, American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), Art Projects, BBC Health News, Bilingual Advantage, Bilingual Switching, Bilingualism, Bilingualism and Later-Life Cognition, Brain Jog (Brain Training), Brain Training, Brain Training Games, Cognitive Decline, Cognitive Decline Studies, Cognitive Impairment (Potential Risk and Protective Factors), Cognitive Impairment (Potential Risk Factors), Cognitive Interventions, Cognitive Reserve, Cognitive Reserve Hypothesis, Cognitive Stimulation, Cognitive Stimulation and Hobbies, Cognitive Stimulation and Lifestyle, Cognitive Stimulation Therapy, Cognitive Training, Cognitively Stimulating Activities, Concentrated Attention, Cooking, Creating Dementia Friendly Environments, Creative Writing, Cumulative Benefit of Reducing Risk Factors, Dementia Prevention, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Reduction Among People in Midlife, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Developing New Skills and Interests, Engage Your Brain: GCBH Recommendations on Cognitively Stimulating Activities, Formal Education and Complex Work (Cognitive Reserve), Gardening, Global Council on Brain Health (GCBH), Healthy Ageing, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Living, Hobbies and Interests, James Goodwin: Age UK, Learning New Technologies, Lifelong Bilingualism, Lifelong Learning, Meaningful Activity, Meaningful Activity and Occupation, Meaningful Activity in the Community, Meaningful Occupation, Meaningful Relationships, Mentally Challenging Occupations, Modifiable Risk Factors, Neuroprotective Lifestyles, Participation in Social Activities, Photography Classes, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Researching Family Tree, Risk Factors, Scouting Principles: Lifelong Learning, Skills and Hobbies, Slowing of Cognitive Decline, Social Activities, Social Epidemiology, Social Isolation, Tai Chi, United States, USA, Using Two Languages, Volunteering
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Memory Lapses and Risk of Stroke (BBC News / Stroke)
Summary People with a university education and who experience memory problems could be at higher risk of a stroke, according to epidemiological research performed at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Full Text Link Reference Memory lapses in well-educated may signal stroke risk. … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Quick Insights, Statistics, Stroke, Universal Interest
Tagged BBC Health News, Cognitive Reserve, Cognitive Reserve Hypothesis, Department of Epidemiology: Erasmus University Medical Center, Department of Neurology: Erasmus University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry: Erasmus University Medical Center, Department of Radiology: Erasmus University Medical Center, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Erasmus University, Erasmus University Medical Center, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Memory Impairment, Memory Lapses, Memory Lapses and Risk of Stroke, Memory Loss, Memory Problems, Mild Memory Problems, Netherlands, Neuroepidemiology, Risk Factors of Stroke, Risk of Incident Stroke, Risk of Stroke, Rotterdam, Stroke (Journal), Subjective Memory Complaints
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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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