Current reporting, research and professional developments across Neuropsychology, curated for psychologists and behavioral-health professionals.
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.
Dementia cases in Australia could reach 1.1 million by 2066, prompting calls for greater investment in support and prevention.
An MRI scan may reveal more about dementia risk than doctors can see with the naked eye. A new study suggests that when a person’s brain looks older than their actual age, their chance of developing ...
Taking at least 5,000 IU of vitamin D daily has been linked to better cognitive scores among older adults with mild cognitive ...
The brain may undergo a notable shift at midlife, as new research suggests that its protective immune cells begin to decline and ...
Microglia decline after age 50 as inflammatory blood-derived immune cells infiltrate the hippocampus, potentially driving neuroinflammation and dementia.
I recently sat in my studio on Outer Cape Cod to interview an expert—Suzanne Faith, a psychiatric nurse and a Certified Dementia Professional (CDP) for 40 years.
A new MIT study reveals that the brain's language network remains robust and unchanged in older adults, even as executive functions and memory decline.
Not all physical activity is equal when it comes to protecting the brain from dementia. Where and why we move may matter more than most people ...
Researchers at Georgia State University have identified a previously unknown aspect of schizophrenia that offers a new way to understand how the disorder affects large-scale brain coordination. In a ...
Not all physical activity is equal when it comes to protecting the brain from dementia. Where and why we move may matter more than most people realize.
Taking metformin, a type 2 diabetes drug, has been linked to a lower risk of dementia over the following decades, but the association isn't conclusive ...
Across typical brain organoid processes, automation minimizes manual intervention from roughly 27 hours per week for 10 plates to about three hours. This allows laboratories to recover weeks of ...
The evidence has been quietly building for over a decade. Now experts can't ignore it ...
A decades-old wartime policy gave researchers a rare chance to examine how what we eat early in life may shape the brain decades later.
Neurological disorders are often driven by shared pathophysiological pathways, including immune dysregulation, glial activation, demyelination, and ...
More than 10 million people are diagnosed with dementia each year, but a quick test may give some insight to cognitive functioning.
Getty ImagesAn Australian research collaboration has identified several existing TGA‑approved medicines that could help slow brain damage in children ...
The aim of the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig is to investigate human cognitive abilities ...
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