by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Thursday, May 23, 2024 | Dementia
Neurodegenerative diseases are a growing concern in an aging global population. Frailty, often conceptualized as a state of diminished physiological reserve and increased susceptibility to stressors, emerges as a pivotal factor in this context. While frailty may be...
by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Thursday, May 23, 2024 | Dementia
Loneliness in older persons with cognitive impairment (PCI) may beget loneliness in their family caregivers, depending on buffering resources caregivers possess. This study examined the association between loneliness in older PCI and loneliness experienced by their...
by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Thursday, May 23, 2024 | Dementia
We elicited Vietnamese Americans’ perspectives on culturally appropriate recruitment into a new research registry: Collaborative Approach for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPIs) Research and Education (CARE). Three focus groups were...
by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Thursday, May 23, 2024 | Dementia
The prevalence of mild and major neurocognitive disorders (NCDs), also referred to as mild cognitive impairment and dementia, is rising globally. The prevention of NCDs is a major global public health interest. We sought to synthesize the literature on potentially...
by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Thursday, May 23, 2024 | Neuroscience
Information seeking, such as standing on tiptoes to look around in humans, is observed across animals and helps survival. Its rodent analog—unsupported rearing on hind legs—was a classic model in deciphering neural signals of cognition and is of intense renewed...
