Reserchers report that cognitive stimulation and personal relationships can protect against dementia, but stress can undermine that protection. Sources of stress may include acting as a caregiver as ...

A new study of German twins suggests that the strong connection between a young adult's cognitive ability and their future ...

While cerebral palsy may or may not directly affect someone’s cognition, that doesn’t mean it can’t affect their mental health. Cerebral palsy is a brain condition that a doctor typically diagnoses ...

The Florey Dementia Index predicted when cognitive decline or Alzheimer's dementia would occur. The index is based on age and dementia severity test scores. The model performed well in several cohorts ...

Like so many other good things in life, sleep is best in moderation, new research suggests. A multiyear study of older adults found that both short and long sleepers experienced greater cognitive ...

"These are the building blocks [of] collective intelligence," Pandey says. Building The Internet Of Cognition For collective intelligence to emerge, it must be engineered deliberately. That means ...

Gestational hypertension increases risk for worse cognition and greater cognitive decline during midlife. Patients with a history of gestational hypertension (GH) have worse cognition and greater ...

A pilot randomized trial of older adults with mild cognitive impairment given either daily low-dose lithium carbonate or placebo for 2 years met its feasibility target, according to results published ...