Sentences with phrase «studying cognitive aging»

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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.

Citing intervention - based trials and epidemiological studies, the National Institute on Aging found that exercise can also play a key role in reducing your risk for Alzheimer's and general cognitive decline.

Clinical studies indicate that moderate coffee consumption is benign or mildly beneficial in healthy adults, with continuing research on whether long - term consumption inhibits cognitive decline during aging or lowers the risk of some forms of cancer.

Clinical studies indicate that moderate Kona consumption is benign or mildly beneficial in healthy adults, with continuing research on whether long - term consumption inhibits cognitive decline during aging or lowers the risk of some forms of cancer.

Clinical studies indicate that moderate coffee consumption is beneficial in healthy adults, with continuing research on whether long - term consumption inhibits cognitive decline during aging or lowers the risk of some forms of cancer.

Clinical studies indicate that moderate Kona consumption is benign or mildly beneficial in healthy adults, with continuing online research on whether long - term consumption inhibits cognitive decline during aging or lowers the risk of some forms of cancer.

One small study of retired NFL players has shown an association between cognitive impairment and playing tackle football prior to age 12.

An August 2015 editiorial in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, [41] said that autopsy studies - many conducted in Boston at the Center for the Study of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy - and a study reporting that retired NFL players who began playing football before age 12 demonstrated greater levels of cognitive impairment in their 40s - 60s than those who started later, [40] «raises concern that an accumulation of undiagnosed subconcussive head trauma may lead to (or be a leading factor) for CTE.&rStudy of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy - and a study reporting that retired NFL players who began playing football before age 12 demonstrated greater levels of cognitive impairment in their 40s - 60s than those who started later, [40] «raises concern that an accumulation of undiagnosed subconcussive head trauma may lead to (or be a leading factor) for CTE.&rstudy reporting that retired NFL players who began playing football before age 12 demonstrated greater levels of cognitive impairment in their 40s - 60s than those who started later, [40] «raises concern that an accumulation of undiagnosed subconcussive head trauma may lead to (or be a leading factor) for CTE.»

Another study tracking 108 French - Canadian children found that kids who were securely - attached at age 6 scored higher on communication, cognitive engagement, and motivation to master new skills at age 8 (Moss et al 1998).

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-...]

To address the issues above, this paper reports on the results of an 18 - year longitudinal study of the relationships between infant feeding practices and later cognitive ability and academic achievement in a birth cohort of > 1000 New Zealand children studied from birth to age 18 years.

This study used age - appropriate cognitive tests that measure developmental skills, such as the ability to focus, as well as tests that measure comprehension and verbal ability which are strong indicators of IQ.

Findings from the National Early Head Start Research and Evaluation project, a rigorous Congressionally - mandated study, indicate that the program had modest but positive impacts on EHS children at age three in cognitive, language, and social - emotional development, compared to a control group.xxiii In addition, their parents scored higher than control group parents on such aspects of the home environment as parenting behavior and knowledge of infant - toddler development.

While we found a modest association of breastfeeding with verbal intelligence at age 3 years, neither of the other 2 preschool studies found an important association with cognitive outcomes (McCarthy General Cognitive Index21, 22 and PPVT - Revised22 at age cognitive outcomes (McCarthy General Cognitive Index21, 22 and PPVT - Revised22 at age Cognitive Index21, 22 and PPVT - Revised22 at age 4 years).

Subsequent prospective studies yielded similar results, whether they controlled for parental age, child age, race and family structure; 12 poverty, child age, emotional support, cognitive stimulation, sex, race and the interactions among these variables; 13 or other factors.14 — 17 These studies provide the strongest evidence available that physical punishment is a risk factor for child aggression and antisocial behaviour.

Corporal punishment by mothers and development of children's cognitive ability: a longitudinal study of two nationally representative age cohorts

The Child Anxiety Multimodal Study (CAMS) found that both cognitive behavioral therapy and sertraline (Zoloft) reduced the severity of anxiety in children with anxiety disorders (60 % and 55 %, respectively), but that the combination of the two therapies had a superior response rate (81 %) among children ages 7 - 17 with anxiety disorders.

Visual, Cognitive, and Language Assessments at 39 Months: A Follow - up Study of Children Fed Formulas Containing Long - Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids to 1 Year of Age.

Most previous studies have compared breast fed children with children who were exclusively formula fed, but some studies have found that the correlation between breast feeding and cognitive ability increases with a longer duration of breast feeding.3 13 30 A Finnish study of 1163 children found a mean difference of 2.4 points on a cognitive test at 6 months of age between children breast fed for less than five months, compared to children breast fed for at least five months.10

That 2005 Economic Journal study of American women who returned to work within 12 weeks showed that infants whose mothers went back even earlier were likely to have more behavioral problems and lower cognitive test scores at age 4.

In a study of a homogeneous (similar age, SES and education) population where mothers had a favourable environment and most infants were breastfed, the duration of breastfeeding clearly made a difference in cognitive development at 13 months and five years.

Sub-Project Two: cross-sectional study of 900 learners in three age groups, involving diagnostic cognitive and linguistic measures in English, Finnish and Russian, and also measures of student and parental background and learner motivation.

In the APSOEM Marathon Study, which has been running since 2009, MedUni Vienna's biobank has already demonstrated that the cognitive ability and mental state of older marathon runners aged > 60 are significantly better than those of comparable age groups who do not engage in any endurance sport.

In a related study published recently in the journal Child Abuse and Neglect, Valentino found that maltreating parents, many of whom had experienced childhood trauma, could successfully be taught to use more elaborative and emotion - rich reminiscing with their preschool - aged children, which has been linked to a children's subsequent cognitive abilities in a number of areas including memory, language and literacy development.

The data came from a Midlife Development in the United States study of 1,255 middle - aged adults whose cognitive abilities were tested two years apart.

Rondina says the study's results do not immediately change diagnosis or treatment options for age - related cognitive impairments, but it will be interesting to see the long - term implications of these results, as we continue to learn how our brains change as we age.

Her study, published in Archives of Internal Medicine, analyzed data from the Nurses» Health Study Cognitive Cohort, which included almost 20,000 women ages 70 to 81, and used geographic information and air - monitoring data to estimate pollution expostudy, published in Archives of Internal Medicine, analyzed data from the Nurses» Health Study Cognitive Cohort, which included almost 20,000 women ages 70 to 81, and used geographic information and air - monitoring data to estimate pollution expoStudy Cognitive Cohort, which included almost 20,000 women ages 70 to 81, and used geographic information and air - monitoring data to estimate pollution exposure.

In cognitively healthy adults age 70 and older, Federoff's team measured the levels of 10 lipids found in the blood to identify, with 90 % accuracy, which study group participants would develop cognitive impairment over a 2 - 3 year period.

Gazzaley wanted to take a broader view of the brain to answer questions about memory and aging; he hoped to study how distinct neural regions interact during memory formation and other complex cognitive processes.

Prior studies have suggested that participation in activities that stimulate thought, new ideas, new memories, and that challenge us mentally may encourage brain health as we age and possibly reduce risk of cognitive impairment and dementia.

Scientists have studied brain changes on short terms of seconds and minutes, such as when research subjects complete a task, as well as on the long term of years, documenting cognitive decline during the aging process.

By applying his different kinds of training to study the cognitive neuroscience of aging, Gazzaley has carved out an independent research program in an area «that is just raring to expand,» says Morrison.

Yonas E. Geda, M.D. and colleagues at the Mayo Clinic investigated the relationship between timing of exercise (mid - life / 50 -65 vs. late - life / 70 and above) and risk of new cases of dementia in 280 older adults (median age = 81) with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) from the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging, and reported on their findings at AAIC 2014.

«Mother's depression might do the same to her child's IQ: Study finds maternal depression negatively impacts a child's cognitive development, infancy through age 16.»

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.

The study results revealed that participants of all ages reported less craving when they used the cognitive strategy of imagining the visual aspects of the food, amounting to a 16 % reduction in craving.

Multiple studies in older adults indicate that on - screen exercises can slow age - related cognitive decline, but improving the cognition of other groups is another question.

However, this new study could not demonstrate an association between muscle strength and cognitive function when using a model based on mere handgrip strength and age.

«Meditate regularly for an improved attention span in old age: Extensive study finds that regular meditation sessions can have a long - lasting effect on a person's attention span and other cognitive abilities.»

Greater muscle strength is associated with better cognitive function in aging men and women, according to a new Finnish study.

«They have isolated one druggable target that appears to rejuvenate age - related cognitive decline in the hippocampus,» says biologist Eric Blalock of the University of Kentucky who was not involved in the study.

Some of the clearest evidence comes from the Cognitive Function and Aging Study (CFAS), led by Carol Brayne, professor of public health medicine at the University of Cambridge.

Several in vitro (outside normal biological context) studies have raised concerns over ribose supplementation's potential to generate advanced glycation end products (AGEs), compounds in the blood that can cause cognitive impairment and exacerbate numerous degenerative diseases.

Older age, lower education, psychotic illness, being a visible minority and having a native language other than English or French were associated with poorer cognitive performance; however these indicators could explain only part of the neurocognitive difficulties observed in this study.

«Results from this study, and the growing literature suggesting that OSA, cognitive decline and AD are related, may mean that age tips the known consequences of OSA from sleepiness, cardiovascular, and metabolic dysfunction to brain impairment,» Dr. Osorio said.

A few years ago, cognitive psychologist Axel Cleeremans of the Université Libre de Bruxelles attempted to replicate a classic study by John Bargh of Yale University, in which some participants were primed, without realizing it, with concepts associated with old age.

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.

It is thrilling for me as a cognitive neuroscientist, who has previously studied age - related cognitive decline, to find that cognitive training has the potential to strengthen the aging brain to function more like a younger brain.»

A group of Harvard epidemiologists analyzed data from the 121,700 - participant, three - decade - long Nurses» Health Study and found that middle - aged women who drink a glass of wine a day (or its equivalent) are 20 percent less likely than nondrinkers to suffer from age - related memory impairment and other cognitive problems later in life.