In this paper, we review empirical support for existing intervention approaches that address neurocognitive late effects among childhood cancer survivors. We discuss the relative strengths, weaknesses ...

Two approaches towards cognitive training studies have been taken, compensatory and restorative. Compensatory training approaches teach new ways to accomplish a cognitive task by working around ...

Could playing a computer game or video chatting with friends help you ward off Alzheimer’s disease? This sounds like a tall order, though epidemiological evidence consistently links high lifetime ...

Alzheimer disease (AD) is one of the most prevalent chronic medical conditions affecting the elderly population. The effectiveness of approved antidementia drugs, however, is limited—licensed AD ...

As we age, we experience a number of changes in our bodies and how they operate, including the brain. It’s not uncommon for people to have problems remembering names or having a slower time making ...

Cognitive training, blood pressure management for people with hypertension, and increased physical activity all show modest but inconclusive evidence that they can help prevent cognitive decline and ...

Physical frailty is common among the elderly and is strongly associated with cognitive impairment, dementia and adverse health outcomes such as disability, hospitalization, and mortality. A four-year ...

Chronic pain is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide. It is described as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or ...

Noticeable in the literature associated with the application of psychology to the area of sport and sports performance in particular has been the increasing frequency of references to the use of ...

Cognitive decline in Alzheimer's and other dementias may be delayed for some at-risk older adults, recent clinical trials have suggested. The ACHIEVE study, for example, reported that hearing aids cut ...

Much has been written about the “return to normal” expected across college campuses this fall. Students are again filling lecture halls, and courses have migrated back to the physical classroom after ...