(Reuters Health) - Higher education may build a stronger foundation for overall brain function, but starting from this higher level of function doesn't influence how fast cognition declines in old age ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Greater socioeconomic deprivation was significantly associated with poor cognitive speed performance. Increased ...

Take a look at any list of risk factors for cognitive decline and you’re bound to find “education” among them. The received wisdom is that the more years you spend in education, the lower your risk of ...

By a dictionary definition, the word resilient means an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change. The ...

An international study published in the journal Nature Medicine casts doubt on the widespread belief that higher levels of formal education directly protect against cognitive decline and brain aging.

KERA’s Sam Baker talks about why dementia isn't all about age with Dr. Molly Camp, an Assistant Professor in the Psychiatry Department of UT Southwestern Medical Center. A new review of a major study ...

A handful of factors, such as education, income and job type, may increase the likelihood that people in their mid-50s will still be mentally sharp, a new study finds. Subscribe to read this story ...

Both the Feb. 1 and Feb. 8, 2012, issues of Education Week carried pieces with important implications for curriculum and, in particular, the role of cognitive education. A Commentary on Feb. 1, “The ...

Why do some people with amyloid plaques in their brains associated with Alzheimer's disease show no signs of the disease, while others with the same amount of plaque have clear memory and thinking ...

Women consistently lean toward literacy as their strongest cognitive skill, while men tilt toward numeracy, and those ...