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The term cognitive reserve describes the mind's resilience to neuropathological damage of the brain. The mind's resilience is evaluated behaviorally, whereas the neuropathological damage is evaluated histologically, although damage may be estimated using blood-based markers and imaging methods.
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- Cognitive Impairment in Senior Citizens Going Undetected in Primary Care
Feb. 13, 2012 - Brief cognitive screening of senior citizens by health care providers at routine care visits, combined with further evaluation for those who failed, increased the new diagnoses of cognitive impairment two to three fold, according to a new study. - Cognitive impairment in older adults often unrecognized in the primary care setting
( Wiley-Blackwell ) A new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society reveals that brief cognitive screenings combined with offering further evaluation increased new diagnoses of cognitive impairment in older veterans two to three fold. - Cognitive impairment affects majority of non-demented Swedish elderly
Both subjective and objective cognitive impairment are highly common among non-demented elderly Swedes, with an overall prevalence of 39 percent and 25 percent respectively, according to a nation-wide twin-study by researchers at the Aging Research Center of Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. The study confirms higher education as a major protective factor and stresses the importance of ... - Cognitive problems common among non-demented elderly
Both subjective and objective cognitive impairment are highly common among non-demented elderly Swedes, with an overall prevalence of 39 percent and 25 percent respectively, according to a nationwide twin study by researchers at the Aging Research Center of Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. The study confirms higher education as a major protective factor and stresses the importance of environmental ... - Evaluation in addition to screenings increases diagnosis rate of cognitive impairment
A new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society reveals that brief cognitive screenings combined with offering further evaluation increased new diagnoses of cognitive impairment in older veterans two to three fold. - Why Cognitive Enhancement Is in Your Future (and Your Past)
Using technology to enhance our brains sounds terrifying, but using tools to make ourselves smarter may be part of humans' nature. It could be that we are on the verge of a great deluge of cognitive enhancement. ... - Smoking linked to faster cognitive decline in men
Middle-aged men who smoke suffered more rapid cognitive decline than peers who have never smoked or who have been ex-smokers for at least 10 years, researchers reported Monday in the Archives of General Psychiatry . - Mild cognitive impairment is associated with disability and neuropsychiatric symptoms
( Public Library of Science ) In low- and middle-income countries, mild cognitive impairment -- an intermediate state between normal signs of cognitive aging, such as becoming increasingly forgetful, and dementia, which may or may not progress -- is consistently associated with higher disability and with neuropsychiatric symptoms but not with most socio-demographic factors, according to a large ... - Human cognitive performance declines after natural disasters
Washington, Feb 11 (ANI): Besides stress and anxiety, victims of natural disasters also become prone to making more serious errors than usual in their daily lives, a new study has revealed. - Human cognitive performance suffers following natural disasters
Not surprisingly, victims of a natural disaster can experience stress and anxiety, but a new study indicates that it might also cause them to make more errors - some serious - in their daily lives. Researchers have explored how cognitive performance can decline after earthquakes and other natural disasters.