Sentences with phrase «cognitive aging researcher»

In a typical test procedure for evaluating working memory, cognitive aging researcher Timothy Salthouse of the University of Virginia asked people to perform arithmetic computations while also trying to remember the last digit in each problem.

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«At almost any given age, most of us are getting better at some things and worse at others,» Joshua Hartshorne, an MIT cognitive science researcher and the lead author of a study looking at how intelligence changes as we age, told Business Insider.

Now, researchers believe that in babies around six months of age, PP may actually impair cognitive and motor development.

In one study comparing two groups of preterm infants, researchers found that children who'd received skin - to - skin contact in the first weeks postpartum had developed, by age 10, more healthy stress response systems, improved sleep patterns, and better cognitive control (Feldman et al 2014).

The researchers, led by Rana Esseily, who studies emotion, developmental psychology, and cognitive psychology at Paris West University Nanterre La Défense, studied a group of 18 - month - olds — roughly the age -LSB-...]

The researchers are now in the process of evaluating the children's cognitive, motor and language development at age 1 to verify if the positive impact of exercise is sustained.

Researchers used accelerometers to measure the daily physical activity of participants, all of whom are in late middle - age and at high genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease, but presently show no cognitive impairment.

Researchers have developed a new cognitive test that can better determine whether memory impairments are due to very mild Alzheimer's disease or the normal aging process.

Using a functional MRI machine, or fMRI, the researchers scanned the brains of 42 people with OCD, ages 18 to 60, before and after four weeks of intensive, daily cognitive behavioral therapy.

After controlling for factors known to influence brain volume and cognitive test scores, such as age and gender, the researchers found that a higher self - reported frequency of game playing was significantly associated with greater brain volume in several regions involved in Alzheimer's disease (such as the hippocampus) and with higher cognitive test scores on memory and executive function.

To find out, the researchers — Holtzman; Ju; co-first author and graduate student Sharon Ooms of Radboud; Jurgen Claassen, MD, PhD, of Radboud; Emmanuel Mignot, MD, PhD, of Stanford; and colleagues — studied 17 healthy adults ages 35 to 65 with no sleep problems or cognitive impairments.

In elderly and middle - aged people, the spots have been associated with a slight cognitive decline, but the Finnish researchers don't know what the long - term consequences are for these players, all of whom were young adults.

In a randomized clinical study involving adults age 56 to 71 that recently published in Neurobiology of Aging, researchers found that after cognitive training, participants» brains were more energy efficient, meaning their brain did not have to work as hard to perform a task.

The analysis suggests, but does not prove, that consuming DHA and EPA, two omega - 3 fatty acids found in fish, enhanced cognitive flexibility in these adults in part by beefing up the anterior cingulate cortex, the researchers report in the journal Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience.

The researchers from the University's Department of Social Policy and Intervention, and the Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm, studied the test scores measuring cognitive ability of children aged between 10 and 13, and found they had a strong effect on a child's subsequent educational performance.

In a long - term, large - scale population - based study of individuals aged 55 years or older in the general population researchers found that those diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) had a four-fold increased risk of developing dementia or Alzheimer's disease (AD) compared to cognitively healthy individuals.

Noting that the prescription of PPIs is on the rise among middle - aged and older adults, a team of researchers designed a new study to examine PPIs and the risk of dementia, mild cognitive impairment, and Alzheimer's disease.

In the same issue of the journal, researchers of the «HypnoLaus Study» investigated an older population (over the age of 65), with and without cognitive impairment.

The researchers discovered that mice with genetic mutations that stop this endocannabinoid system from working properly age faster than normal mice, and show more cognitive decline.

Researchers analyzed data on cognitive function in 7,217 adults (61 percent African - American and 59 percent women) over the age of 65.

«This may have important public health implications, since low testosterone levels in young boys can negatively impact reproductive development, and in middle age can impair sexual function, libido, energy, cognitive function and bone health in men and women,» one researcher said.

Some researchers have speculated that the effect of estrogen on cognitive aging might differ depending on when exposure occurs.

Analyzing data from more than 8,000 married couples — with an average age in the early 60s — researchers found that the physical health and cognitive functioning of a person's spouse can significantly affect a person's own quality of life.

To find out if the loss of Tet2 in aging could directly cause cognitive decline, the researchers used a technique called RNAi to block Tet2 activity in the hippocampi of young adult mice.

Using blood collected from elderly persons aged up to one hundred and demonstrating no cognitive impairment, the researchers isolated precisely those immune cells whose antibodies are able to identify toxic beta - amyloid plaques but not the amyloid precursor protein that is present throughout the human body and that presumably plays an important role in the growth of nerve cells.

Certain abilities do tend to decline with age, but researchers have found that individuals in their 70s often perform just as well on many cognitive tests as do those in their 20s.

This study examined the relationship between brain connectivity and the development of cognitive executive function.The researchers imaged a group of 882 subjects between the ages of 8 and 22.

Researchers are examining the emergence of material culture here, and its indications for the cognitive evolution of Early Stone Age hominins are intriguing.

«People with HIV infection have many reasons to have cognitive dysfunction, from the virus itself to medications for HIV infection and related conditions, particularly as they age,» said lead researcher Richard Saitz.

Researchers from the Wake Forest School of Medicine found that aerobic exercise appears to boost thinking skills and brain volume in adults diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment, a condition that sits in between normal age - related memory decline and more serious dementia.

Researchers haven't conclusively proven that cognitive decline in middle age predicts Alzheimer's or other dementias, but on balance the evidence suggests that small changes in midlife mental function can become magnified later in life, says Francine Grodstein, Sc.D., an epidemiologist and associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, in Boston.

Researchers from the Örebro University Hospital in Sweden say the obesity - prone kids may be showing subtle signs of «poorer neurological function,» and that may explain why obese adults are at greater risk of dementia and other cognitive problems in old age.

In this study, iv the researchers tracked the intake of anticholinergic drugs and monitored the cognitive abilities of 1,652 African - American seniors, aged 70 and older, for six years.

With tens of millions of elderly people worldwide suffering from dementia, researchers have been exploring the use of natural substances to prevent and alleviate age - related cognitive disorders.

Sunlight and Vitamin D3 for Brain Health Researchers believe that vitamin D3 acts to protect an aging brain and boost overall memory and cognitive function.

To conduct the study, researcher's accumulated data on 940 people aged 70 to 89 who provided information on what they ate during the previous year, and demonstrated no signs of cognitive impairment.

So when epidemiological researchers noticed that the population of India had remarkably low incidents of cognitive disorders — 4 times lower than those of the same age group in the U.S., in fact — they looked right to the most powerful (and prevalent) spice in their diet for answers: curcumin.

In a recent study, researchers at Tel Aviv University found that potent extracts from cinnamon bark inhibit the toxic amyloid polypeptide oligomers and fibrils that have been found in people with age - related cognitive issues.

In one study, detailed in the Sept. 12 issue of the journal Neurology, researchers compared the brain scans of 120 people belonging to three groups: 40 of the participants had mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a transition stage between normal aging and the more serious memory problems associated with Alzheimer's disease; 40 complained of significant memory problems but did not have MCI and 40 were healthy controls.

Russian medical researchers gave Rhodiola rosea to it's cosmonauts, soldiers, sportsmen and ageing political leaders as an effective way to prevent the development of fatigue, to improve cognitive functions, endurance, mental and physical performance and to prevent seasonal diseases.

Some researchers have confirmed that Rhodiola extracts can enhance memory and improve cognitive functions especially in people suffering from dementia and other age - related memory loss.

While the researchers describe the antioxidant - rich foods in a Mediterranean diet as potentially protecting against cognitive decline, «the evidence to data that pure antioxidants such as vitamin E have an impact on some specific process related to cognitive aging is very, very slim,» said Knopman, who wasn't involved in the study.

Using a measure called «income - to - needs» that compares a family's income to the poverty level for a family its size, the researchers found a correlation with developmental measures such as cognitive development, language abilities and social behavior in children from birth to age 3.

Researchers have found that certain types of specializations on nerve cells called «spines» are depleted as a person ages, causing cognitive decline in the part of the brain that mediates the highest levels of learning.

In one study comparing two groups of preterm infants, researchers found that children who'd received skin - to - skin contact in the first weeks postpartum had developed, by age 10, more healthy stress response systems, improved sleep patterns, and better cognitive control (Feldman et al 2014).