Current reporting, research and professional developments across Neuropsychology, curated for psychologists and behavioral-health professionals.
A recent study observed thousands of people with type 2 diabetes who started taking statins earlier and found that they were at a significantly lower risk of dementia.
Researchers are using neuroscience and artificial intelligence to advance each field, revealing insights into how the brain works while building AI systems that can learn, perceive, and adapt. At ...
Statins could lower the risk of developing dementia, according to the largest study of its kind presented at world’s biggest heart conference in Munich ...
Studies have found a link between mentally complex occupations and delayed cognitive decline and lower dementia risk.
The cholesterol-busting drugs are more effective the earlier in life they are taken, 15-year research project indicates ...
A doctor specialising in Geriatrics has shared how treating a common health condition could reduce the risk of developing dementia.
A doctor specialising in geriatrics has shared how correcting one common health condition that many have can cut the risk of someone developing dementia by 47% ...
ITV regular Dr Amir Khan claims that there is "a lot we can all do" to reduce the risk of developing dementia. His suggestions come from a major review of studies that investigated the impact of ...
A doctor has explained that treating a common health problem could cut your dementia risk by almost half - with a clinical trial saying corrections reduced cognitive decline by 48% ...
Dementia is diagnosed based on a combination of symptoms and dementia screening tests that include questionnaires or interviews that evaluate cognitive function.
Two people can be the same age while their brains look surprisingly different on an MRI scan. New research suggests that measuring this difference could help doctors estimate who is more likely to ...
Seoul National University Hospital researchers developed an AI model that screens for and predicts dementia using retinal fundus photographs from ...
A new MRI-based tool could offer clues about what lies ahead, giving families a clearer look at disease progression.
Quality of life can be impacted negatively and positively through factors that exist within the individual and society.
In a large Australian cohort of adults with hypertension, use of blood-brain barrier-crossing antihypertensive medications was associated with a lower risk of dementia and mortality than use of ...
Brain health is a top health priority for many Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AAPI) adults. Yet misconceptions about dementia and limited awareness of personal risk remain ...
New research from Indiana University suggests that when your brain makes a decision, it may not actually “make” it in the way neuroscientists have traditionally assumed.
Researchers discovered a brain-based “brake” that can shut down chronic nerve pain in mice by calming an overactive pain circuit. Targeting this system more precisely could one day lead to powerful pain relief without…
Depression in older adults is often treated as a separate mental health problem, but new research suggests that changes in the brain may sometimes begin before obvious memory difficulties appear.
Adelaide researchers are challenging decades-old assumptions about brain cancer treatment in a bid to make radiation therapy more effective against tumors, while reducing damage to healthy tissue.
Poor sleep quality has been linked to cognitive decline, neurodegeneration and Alzheimer’s disease in older adults. A new ...
Kennesaw State University researcher Vishnu Suppiramaniam is advancing understanding of brain health across the lifespan, joining collaborators in publishing studies that examine the harmful effects ...
An Adelaide research project is investigating ways to treat brain cancer while having minimal impact on healthy tissue and the human immune system.
Dementia with Lewy bodies is one of the most common forms of dementia in older adults, after Alzheimer's disease.
A surprising connection emerged in a major study, raising new questions about whether one routine shot could protect the brain.
Dementia with Lewy bodies is one of the most common forms of dementia in older adults, after Alzheimer's disease. It takes its name from "Lewy bodies," abnormal clumps of a protein called ...
Making an effort to maintain and safeguard mental health is a key component of a healthy lifestyle, and that’s as true for seniors as it is for children, young adults and men and women in middle age.
Scientists found those who had used hormone replacement therapy were 10% less likely to be diagnosed with dementia ...
Have you ever heard the phrase “you only use 10% of your brain”? In reality, there is no way of measuring the percentage terms of consciousness – partly because the brain has no static baseline.
Common habits could be putting you at risk of dementia, the Alzheimer's Society has warned. New research highlighted how many people are unaware.
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