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  1. Alcohol use disorder accelerates age-related cognitive decline 2026-09-23
  2. A longitudinal study of age-related traits and cognitive function: The Collaborative Amish Aging and Memory Project (CAAMP) 2026-09-20
  3. Associations of menopause hormone therapy with late-life cognition and brain health vary by formulation and APOEε4 presence 2026-09-20

Studies

1,142 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1986 to 2026

Top journals

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia 42
  • Neurology 41
  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 36
  • Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 35
  • Nutrients 23

437 journals in all.

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  1. Computerized cognitive training in cognitively healthy older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of effect modifiers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 81 out of 100. PLoS medicine 2014-11-18 Prevention trials

    The overall effect size (Hedges' g, random effects model) for CCT versus control was small and statistically significant, g = 0.22 (95% CI 0.15 to 0.29).

  2. Transcranial direct current stimulation and cognitive training in the rehabilitation of Alzheimer disease: A case study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Neuropsychological rehabilitation 2014-11-07 Prevention trials

    In the present study we tested the cognitive effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in a case of probable Alzheimer disease (AD).

  3. Heart failure and cognitive dysfunction

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. International journal of cardiology 2014-10-22 Clinical safety

    It has been estimated that 5.1million Americans suffer from heart failure.

  4. Cognitive health and Mediterranean diet: just diet or lifestyle pattern?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Ageing research reviews 2014-10-18 Prevention trials

    Mediterranean diet is a term used to describe the traditional eating habits of people in Crete, South Italy and other Mediterranean countries.

  5. Physical activity attenuates age-related biomarker alterations in preclinical AD

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. Neurology 2014-10-08 Brain scans and imaging

    In a middle-aged, at-risk cohort, a physically active lifestyle is associated with an attenuation of the deleterious influence of age on key biomarkers of AD pathophysiology.

  6. A randomized trial to measure the impact of a community-based cognitive training intervention on balance and gait in cognitively intact Black older adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education 2014-10-01 Prevention trials

    They provide initial evidence that cognitive training may be an efficacious approach toward improving balance and gait in older adults known to have a history of falls.

  7. Connections between sleep and cognition in older adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. The Lancet. Neurology 2014-10-01 Risk factors

    These findings suggest that the sleep-wake cycle plays a crucial part in brain ageing, pointing to a potential avenue for improvement of cognitive outcomes in people at risk of cognitive decline and dementia.

  8. Relation of DASH- and Mediterranean-like dietary patterns to cognitive decline in older persons

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 62 out of 100. Neurology 2014-09-17 Prevention trials

    These findings support the hypothesis that both the DASH and Mediterranean diet patterns are associated with slower rates of cognitive decline in the same cohort of older persons.

  9. English Longitudinal Study of Aging: can Internet/E-mail use reduce cognitive decline?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences 2014-09-01 Digital health tools

    Digital literacy may help reduce cognitive decline among persons aged between 50 and 89 years.

  10. The pattern and loci of training-induced brain changes in healthy older adults are predicted by the nature of the intervention

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. PloS one 2014-08-13 Prevention trials

    There is enormous interest in designing training methods for reducing cognitive decline in healthy older adults.

  11. Cognitive impairment and cardiovascular diseases in the elderly. A heart-brain continuum hypothesis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Ageing research reviews 2014-08-11 Vascular contributions

    The aging population is increasing and, therefore, a higher prevalence of cardiac disease is emerging; including hypertension, coronary artery disease, atrial fibrillation and chronic heart failure.

  12. Using virtual reality for cognitive training of the elderly

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias 2014-08-07 Prevention trials

    There is a pressing demand for improving the quality and efficacy of health care and social support services needed by the world's growing elderly population, especially by those affected by mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD)-type early-stage dementia.

  13. Dietary patterns and cognitive decline in an Australian study of ageing

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Molecular psychiatry 2014-07-29 Prevention trials

    The aim of this paper was to investigate the association of three well-recognised dietary patterns with cognitive change over a 3-year period.

  14. Association between the Mediterranean diet and cognitive decline in a biracial population

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences 2014-07-03 Prevention trials

    Stronger adherence to the Mediterranean diet may reduce the rate of cognitive decline among black, but not white older adults.

  15. Associations between cognitively stimulating leisure activities, cognitive function and age-related cognitive decline

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. International journal of geriatric psychiatry 2014-07-03 Prevention trials

    The results also suggest that grammatical reasoning and episodic memory should be targeted in developing appropriate outcome measures to assess efficacy of future interventions, and in developing cognitive training programmes to prevent or delay cognitive decline.

  16. Interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein as predictors of cognitive decline in late midlife

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Neurology 2014-07-02 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Peripheral inflammatory markers are elevated in patients with dementia.

  17. Caregivers' male gender is associated with poor nutrient intake in AD families (NuAD-trial)

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. The journal of nutrition, health & aging 2014-07-01 Treatments

    The mean age of caregivers and AD spouses was 75.2 (SD 7.0) and 77.4 years (SD 5.6), respectively.

  18. Aging is associated with progressive changes in learning and memory.

  19. Cognitive impairment in older patients with breast cancer before systemic therapy: is there an interaction between cancer and comorbidity?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2014-05-19 Caregiving

    There were no overall differences between patients with breast cancer and controls before systemic treatment, but there may be pretreatment cognitive impairment within subgroups of patient cases with greater tumor or comorbidity burden.

  20. Computerized and virtual reality cognitive training for individuals at high risk of cognitive decline: systematic review of the literature

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 2014-05-14 Prevention trials

    The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of cognitive training, specifically computerized cognitive training (CCT) and virtual reality cognitive training (VRCT), programs for individuals living with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia and therefore at high risk of cognitive decline.

  21. Consumption of green tea, but not black tea or coffee, is associated with reduced risk of cognitive decline

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. PloS one 2014-05-14 Disparities

    Our objective was to determine whether the consumption of green tea, coffee, or black tea influences the incidence of dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in older people.

  22. The drive-wise project: driving simulator training increases real driving performance in healthy older drivers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Frontiers in aging neuroscience 2014-05-13 Prevention trials

    Driving simulator training offers the potential to enhance driving skills in older drivers.

  23. Physical activity reduces hippocampal atrophy in elders at genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Frontiers in aging neuroscience 2014-04-23 Hippocampus size on brain scans

    We examined the impact of physical activity (PA) on longitudinal change in hippocampal volume in cognitively intact older adults at varying genetic risk for the sporadic form of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  24. Pre- and postoperative orthogeriatric care given in an acute geriatric ward was not effective in reducing delirium or long-term cognitive impairment in patients with hip fracture.

  25. Requirements of older adults for a daily use of an internet-based cognitive training platform

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Informatics for health & social care 2014-04-11 Prevention trials

    A decline of cognitive abilities is a part of normal human ageing.

  26. Aerobic exercise increases hippocampal volume in older women with probable mild cognitive impairment: a 6-month randomised controlled trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 65 out of 100. British journal of sports medicine 2014-04-07 Prevention and risk

    Aerobic training significantly increased hippocampal volume in older women with probable MCI.

  27. Human cognitive function and the obesogenic environment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Physiology & behavior 2014-03-19 Risk factors

    Evidence is accumulating which suggests that, in addition to leading to unprecedented rates of obesity, the current food environment is contributing to the development of cognitive impairment and dementia.

  28. Impact of differential attrition on the association of education with cognitive change over 20 years of follow-up: the ARIC neurocognitive study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. American journal of epidemiology 2014-03-13 Long-term cohort studies

    Studies of long-term cognitive change should account for the potential effects of education on the outcome, since some studies have demonstrated an association of education with dementia risk.

  29. Brain plasticity and motor practice in cognitive aging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Frontiers in aging neuroscience 2014-03-10 Prevention trials

    For more than two decades, there have been extensive studies of experience-based neural plasticity exploring effective applications of brain plasticity for cognitive and motor development.

  30. Multimodal intervention in older adults improves resting-state functional connectivity between the medial prefrontal cortex and medial temporal lobe

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Frontiers in aging neuroscience 2014-03-10 Prevention trials

    The prefrontal cortex and medial temporal lobe are particularly vulnerable to the effects of aging.

  31. Patterns of cognitive function in aging: the Rotterdam Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. European journal of epidemiology 2014-02-20 Long-term cohort studies

    Cognitive impairment is an important hallmark of dementia, but deterioration of cognition also occurs frequently in non-demented elderly individuals.

  32. Depressive symptoms precede memory decline, but not vice versa, in non-demented older adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2014-01-17 Disparities

    These findings suggest that depressive symptoms precede memory decline, but not vice versa, in late life.

  33. Association of hearing impairment with brain volume changes in older adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. NeuroImage 2014-01-09 Digital health tools

    Hearing impairment in older adults is independently associated in longitudinal studies with accelerated cognitive decline and incident dementia, and in cross-sectional studies, with reduced volumes in the auditory cortex.

  34. Effect of tai chi on cognitive performance in older adults: systematic review and meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 70 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2014-01-02 Prevention and risk

    Tai Chi shows potential to enhance cognitive function in older adults, particularly in the realm of executive functioning and in individuals without significant impairment.

  35. Eating patterns are associated with cognitive function in the elderly at risk of metabolic syndrome from rural areas

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. European review for medical and pharmacological sciences 2014-01-01 Prevention trials

    Greater adherence to MedDiet and frequency of consumption of some foods were associated with better scores in several CF tests in elderly individuals with high risk of MS living in a rural community.

  36. Is cognitive training an effective treatment for preclinical and early Alzheimer's disease?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2014-01-01 Prevention trials

    There is much interest in early intervention for the prevention or postponement of dementia in Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  37. Mediterranean diet and cognitive decline. A lesson from the whole-diet approach: what challenges lie ahead?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2014-01-01 Prevention trials

    Higher adherence to a Mediterranean-type diet was associated with decreased cognitive decline, although the Mediterranean diet (MeDi) combines several foods, micronutrients, and macronutrients already separately proposed as potential protective factors against dementia and predementia syndromes.

  38. Metabolic correlates of Rey auditory verbal learning test in elderly subjects with memory complaints

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2014-01-01 Disease mechanisms

    We evaluated the brain metabolic correlates of main indexes of a widely used word list learning test, the Rey Auditory Verbal Memory Test (RAVLT), in a group of elderly subjects with memory complaints.

  39. The potential effects of meditation on age-related cognitive decline: a systematic review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2014-01-01 Prevention trials

    With a rapidly aging society it becomes increasingly important to counter normal age-related decline in cognitive functioning.

  40. The Timecourse of Global Cognitive Gains from Supervised Computer-Assisted Cognitive Training: A Randomised, Active-Controlled Trial in Elderly with Multiple Dementia Risk Factors

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease 2014-01-01 Prevention trials

    In older adults with multiple dementia risk factors, group-based CCT is a safe and effective intervention for enhancing overall cognition, memory and processing speed.

  41. Physical exercise and cognitive performance in the elderly: current perspectives

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Clinical interventions in aging 2013-12-18 Prevention and risk

    In an aging population with increasing incidence of dementia and cognitive impairment, strategies are needed to slow age-related decline and reduce disease-related cognitive impairment in older adults.

  42. Cognitive decline, dietary factors and gut-brain interactions

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Mechanisms of ageing and development 2013-12-12 Prevention trials

    Cognitive decline in elderly people often derives from the interaction between aging-related changes and age-related diseases and covers a large spectrum of clinical manifestations, from intact cognition through mild cognitive impairment and dementia.

  43. Long-term multivitamin supplementation and cognitive function in men: a randomized trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 69 out of 100. Annals of internal medicine 2013-12-01 Treatments

    In male physicians aged 65 years or older, long-term use of a daily multivitamin did not provide cognitive benefits.

  44. Damaging effects of a high-fat diet to the brain and cognition: a review of proposed mechanisms

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Nutritional neuroscience 2013-11-26 Risk factors

    The prevalence of obesity is growing and now includes at least one-third of the adult population in the United States.

  45. A brain-computer interface based cognitive training system for healthy elderly: a randomized control pilot study for usability and preliminary efficacy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 74 out of 100. PloS one 2013-11-18 Prevention trials

    Cognitive decline in aging is a pressing issue associated with significant healthcare costs and deterioration in quality of life.

  46. Positive effects of resistance training in frail elderly patients with dementia after long-term physical restraint

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Age (Dordrecht, Netherlands) 2013-11-16 Clinical safety

    This study investigated the effects of a multicomponent exercise intervention on muscle strength, incidence of falls and functional outcomes in frail elderly patients with dementia after long-term physical restraint, followed by 24 weeks of training cessation.

  47. Bilingualism does not alter cognitive decline or dementia risk among Spanish-speaking immigrants

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Neuropsychology 2013-11-04 Disparities

    This study does not support a protective effect of bilingualism on age-related cognitive decline or the development of dementia.

  48. Screening for cognitive impairment in older adults: A systematic review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 62 out of 100. Annals of internal medicine 2013-11-01 Getting a diagnosis

    Brief instruments to screen for cognitive impairment can adequately detect dementia, but there is no empirical evidence that screening improves decision making.

  49. Compensatory changes in cortical resource allocation in adults with hearing loss

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Frontiers in systems neuroscience 2013-10-25 Digital health tools

    Hearing loss has been linked to many types of cognitive decline in adults, including an association between hearing loss severity and dementia.

  50. Sleep Drives Metabolite Clearance from the Adult Brain

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. Science 2013-10-17 Disease mechanisms

    The conservation of sleep across all animal species suggests that sleep serves a vital function.

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