«This is critical given that obesity, which has recently been
linked with cognitive deficits in young and middle - aged adults, and physical inactivity are on the rise in young adults,» Schon said.
Infectious diseases that leave
victims with cognitive deficits or malnutrition instead of killing them do not typically elicit fundraising galas or research dollars, especially when the illnesses disproportionately impact the poorest of the poor.
Dr. Chiaravalloti's grant, valued at $ 179,000, funds a two - phase trial testing the modified Story Memory Technique (mSMT), in school - aged children, comparing healthy controls with
children with cognitive deficits caused by TBI.
In work previously only possible in animals, scientists are now recording these signals directly from the brain and in some cases trying to stimulate the brain with those signals to help
patients with cognitive deficits.
Prize4Life is planning another challenge, this time to seek new ways to classify patients according to disease characteristics, such as genetic features that may
correlate with cognitive deficits.
The implications of this research also have great potential to strengthen learning and memory in both healthy people and
those with cognitive deficits such as Alzheimer's.
These new technologies, being presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) annual conference in New York City, are mapping new understandings of cognition and advancing efforts to improve memory and learning in patients
with cognitive deficits.
Diabetes mellitus is associated
with cognitive deficits and an increased risk of dementia, particularly in the elderly.