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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

1,138 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 33
  • Nutrients 23

437 journals in all.

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  1. Association between the mediterranean diet and cognitive health among healthy adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 76 out of 100. Frontiers in nutrition 2022-07-28 Prevention trials

    Adherence to the MeDi diet may reduce the risk of MCI and AD.

  2. Longitudinal associations of pain and cognitive decline in community-dwelling older adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 78 out of 100. Psychology and aging 2022-07-28 Prevention trials

    Pain is inversely associated with cognitive function in older adults, but the effects of pain on cognitive decline are not fully clear.

  3. Aging is characterized by cognitive decline affecting daily functioning.

  4. A Machine-Learning Based Approach for Predicting Older Adults' Adherence to Technology-Based Cognitive Training

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Information processing & management 2022-07-21 Prevention trials

    Adequate adherence is a necessary condition for success with any intervention, including for computerized cognitive training designed to mitigate age-related cognitive decline.

  5. Cognability: An Ecological Theory of neighborhoods and cognitive aging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Social science & medicine (1982) 2022-07-20 Disparities

    While a growing body of evidence points to potentially modifiable individual risk factors for dementia, the built and social environments in which people develop and navigate cognitive decline are largely overlooked.

  6. Association of Mediterranean Diet With Cognitive Decline Among Diverse Hispanic or Latino Adults From the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 76 out of 100. JAMA network open 2022-07-01 Prevention trials

    A total of 6321 participants (mean [SE] age, 56.1 [0.18] years at visit 1; n = 4077 women [57.8%]) were included.

  7. Area Deprivation Index as a Surrogate of Resilience in Aging and Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Frontiers in Psychology 2022-06-29 Risk factors

    Area deprivation index (ADI), a tool used to capture the multidimensional neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage across populations, is highly relevant to the field of aging and Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease related dementias (AD/ADRD).

  8. Computerized cognitive training in Parkinson's disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 76 out of 100. Ageing research reviews 2022-06-14 Prevention trials

    Cognitive impairment is a central non-motor symptom of Parkinson's disease (PD), and there are no established treatments.

  9. Association of neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage and cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2022-06-06 Risk factors

    In cognitively unimpaired (CU) adults at baseline, the risk for progression to dementia increased for every decile increase in the ADI state ranking (hazard ratio = 1.06, 95% confidence interval (1.01-1.11), P = .01).

  10. Determinants of technology adoption and continued use among cognitively impaired older adults: a qualitative study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. BMC geriatrics 2022-04-29 Health systems and care delivery

    Technology offers opportunities to support older adults with mild cognitive impairments to remain independent and socially connected, but is often not used.

  11. We anticipate that transcranial alternating current stimulation will be a well-tolerated treatment, with no serious side effects and with considerable short- and long-term cognitive improvements.

  12. Health status and risk profiles for brain aging of rural-dwelling older adults: Data from the interdisciplinary baseline assessments in MIND-China

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.) 2022-04-14 Disparities

    The mean age was 70.9 years (standard deviation, 5.9), 57.2% were women, 40.6% were illiterate, and 88.3% were farmers.

  13. Dietary patterns in middle age: effects on concurrent neurocognition and risk of age-related cognitive decline

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Nutrition reviews 2022-04-01 Prevention trials

    This systematic review demonstrated that adherence to the Mediterranean diet and other healthy dietary patterns in middle age can protect neurocognition later in life.

  14. Tai Chi enhances cognitive training effects on delaying cognitive decline in mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2022-03-15 Prevention trials

    Tai Chi enhanced cognitive training effects in MCI.

  15. Rural depopulation and the rural‐urban gap in cognitive functioning among older adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. The Journal of Rural Health 2022-03-07 Risk factors

    Older adults living in rural counties had lower cognitive functioning than urban adults.

  16. Impact of sleep duration on executive function and brain structure

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. Communications biology 2022-03-03 Long-term cohort studies

    Sleep is essential for life, including daily cognitive processes, yet the amount of sleep required for optimal brain health as we grow older is unclear.

  17. MIND Diet and Cognitive Function in Puerto Rican Older Adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences 2022-03-01 Prevention trials

    Adherence to the MIND diet was associated with better cognitive function at baseline and over 8 years of follow-up; however, MIND diet was not associated with 8-year cognitive trajectory.

  18. Both groups showed significant improvements in all cognitive function measurements (P<.001).

  19. Effects of Vivifrail multicomponent intervention on functional capacity: a multicentre, randomized controlled trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 77 out of 100. Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle 2022-02-11 Clinical safety

    The Vivifrail exercise programme provided significant benefits in functional capacity over usual-care.

  20. Tooth Loss-Associated Mechanisms That Negatively Affect Cognitive Function: A Systematic Review of Animal Experiments Based on Occlusal Support Loss and Cognitive Impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. Frontiers in neuroscience 2022-02-10 Inflammation and the immune system

    The loss of occlusal support may lead to cognitive dysfunction through the reduction of chewing-related stimuli, aggravation of nerve damage, and long-term inflammatory stress.

  21. Long-term running exercise improves cognitive function and promotes microglial glucose metabolism and morphological plasticity in the hippocampus of APP/PS1 mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Journal of neuroinflammation 2022-02-05 TREM2 and immune genetics

    The role of physical exercise in the prevention of Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been widely studied.

  22. Can dietary patterns prevent cognitive impairment and reduce Alzheimer's disease risk: Exploring the underlying mechanisms of effects

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews 2022-02-03 Prevention trials

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the fastest growing cognitive decline-related neurological diseases.

  23. Is more always better? Dose effect in a multidomain intervention in older adults at risk of dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2022-01-20 Treatments

    The non-linear function indicates that a higher dose is not necessarily better in multidomain interventions.

  24. Lifespan evolution of neurocognitive impairment in schizophrenia - A narrative review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Schizophrenia research. Cognition 2022-01-20 Prevention trials

    Cognitive impairment is a well-recognized key feature of schizophrenia.

  25. Plasma MCP-1 and changes on cognitive function in community-dwelling older adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2022-01-07 Inflammation and the immune system

    Baseline plasma MCP-1 levels were associated with longitudinal declines in overall cognitive and episodic memory performance in older adults over a 4-year follow-up.

  26. A Systematic Review of Smartphone and Tablet Use by Older Adults With and Without Cognitive Impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 65 out of 100. Innovation in aging 2022-01-06 Digital health tools

    There was some evidence that the use of smartphones and tablets could aid cognitive function in older adults without cognitive impairment, particularly executive function and processing speed.

  27. Analysis was performed on 115 participants as the full analysis set (probiotic 55, placebo 60).

  28. Omega-3 Supplementation for the Prevention of Cognitive Decline in Older Adults: Does It Depend on Homocysteine Levels?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. The journal of nutrition, health & aging 2022-01-01 Treatments

    This study shows that Hcy levels could modify the association between red blood cell n-3 PUFA and executive function.

  29. Rural depopulation and the rural‐urban gap in cognitive functioning among older adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. University of New Hampshire Scholars Repository (University of New Hampshire at Manchester) 2022-01-01 Risk factors

    Older adults living in rural counties had lower cognitive functioning than urban adults.

  30. The Effect of Multidomain Interventions on Global Cognition, Symptoms of Depression and Apathy - A Pooled Analysis of Two Randomized Controlled Trials

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease 2022-01-01 Treatments

    Cardiovascular risk factors and lifestyle factors are associated with an increased risk of cognitive decline and dementia in observational studies, and have been targeted by multidomain interventions.

  31. The SINgapore GERiatric Intervention Study to Reduce Cognitive Decline and Physical Frailty (SINGER): Study Design and Protocol

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 81 out of 100. The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease 2022-01-01 Prevention trials

    Vascular management takes place every 3-6 months or otherwise as specified by study physicians.

  32. Area‐level deprivation is associated with rate of memory decline in late life within a community‐based cohort

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2021-12-01 Risk factors

    Even after accounting for established individual‐level demographic, socioeconomic, health, and genetic risk factors for cognitive decline, greater neighborhood disadvantage is associated with an accelerated rate of annualized decline in delayed recall performance across mid to late life in a community sample.

  33. Association of neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage and cognitive decline

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2021-12-01 Risk factors

    Neighborhood characteristics may play an influential role in SCD regardless of race/ethnicity and thus are likely important risk factors for AD/ADRD.

  34. Cross‐sectional association between the area deprivation index (ADI) and cognitive impairment in community‐dwelling older veterans

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 35 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2021-12-01 Risk factors

    Participants were 1060 Veterans (response rate of 20.14%), mean age of 68.39 (SD=8.52) years, 59.0% Caucasian, 69.2% non‐Hispanic, 95.8% male, 12.0% screened positive for MCI and 15.6% for dementia.

  35. Using smartphone technology to improve prospective memory functioning: A randomized controlled trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 65 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2021-11-17 Digital health tools

    Older adults with cognitive disorders can learn smartphone-based memory strategies and doing so benefits prospective memory functioning and independence.

  36. Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Other Lifestyle Factors in the Prevention of Cognitive Decline and Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Nutrients 2021-11-15 Prevention and risk

    Multiple factors combined are currently recognized as contributors to cognitive decline.

  37. The effect of adherence on cognition in a multidomain lifestyle intervention (FINGER)

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 80 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2021-10-20 Prevention trials

    Multidomain lifestyle changes are beneficial for cognitive functioning, but future interventions should be intensive enough, and supporting adherence is essential.

  38. Facilitators and barriers to implementing lifestyle intervention programme to prevent cognitive decline

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 78 out of 100. European journal of public health 2021-10-01 Prevention trials

    Transferring a lifestyle intervention from a trial-setting to real life requires knowledge about the factors that influence effective implementation.

  39. Mediterranean diet and cognitive function: From methodology to mechanisms of action

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Free radical biology & medicine 2021-09-22 Prevention trials

    The traditional Mediterranean diet (MedDiet), rich in minimally processed plant foods and fish, has been widely recognized to be one of the healthiest diets.

  40. Relationships between physical activity, sleep and cognitive function: A narrative review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews 2021-09-11 Prevention and risk

    Physical activity and exercise can improve cognitive function and reduce the risk for dementia.

  41. We will evaluate the effectiveness and safety of combined NF-acupuncture therapy, and expect that it will serve as the basis for the use of NF together with acupuncture in the clinical setting.

  42. The Effectiveness of e-Health Solutions for Aging With Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. The Gerontologist 2021-09-01 Prevention trials

    Because technology is developing at a fast pace, the aim of this review was to present an overview of the research regarding the effectiveness of these solutions.

  43. Mindfulness Training Improves Cognition and Strengthens Intrinsic Connectivity Between the Hippocampus and Posteromedial Cortex in Healthy Older Adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Frontiers in aging neuroscience 2021-08-27 Treatments

    Maintaining optimal cognitive functioning throughout the lifespan is a public health priority.

  44. Planning and optimising a digital intervention to protect older adults' cognitive health

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Pilot and feasibility studies 2021-08-18 Prevention trials

    A digitally delivered intervention with minimal support appears acceptable and potentially engaging to older adults with higher and lower levels of cognitive performance.

  45. Higher circulating α-carotene was associated with better cognitive function: an evaluation among the MIND trial participants

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 76 out of 100. Journal of nutritional science 2021-08-16 Prevention trials

    There is emerging evidence linking fruit and vegetable consumption and cognitive function.

  46. Curiosity-Based Interventions Increase Everyday Functioning Score But Not Serum BDNF Levels in a Cohort of Healthy Older Adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 35 out of 100. Frontiers in aging 2021-08-09 Tau biomarkers

    An enriched environment is effective in stimulating learning and memory in animal models as well as in humans.

  47. Memorable Food: Fighting Age-Related Neurodegeneration by Precision Nutrition

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Frontiers in nutrition 2021-08-05 Prevention trials

    Many studies have associated the Mediterranean diet with a decreased risk of dementia and AD, but a cause-and-effect relationship has not been deduced.

  48. The Humanoid Robot Sil-Bot in a Cognitive Training Program for Community-Dwelling Elderly People with Mild Cognitive Impairment during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 78 out of 100. International journal of environmental research and public health 2021-08-03 Prevention trials

    A 6-week robot-assisted, multi-domain cognitive training program can improve the efficiency of global cognitive function and depression during cognitive tasks in older adults with MCI, which is associated with improvements in memory and executive function.

  49. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04821960; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04821960.

  50. Subjective cognitive decline higher among sexual and gender minorities in the United States, 2015-2018

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.) 2021-07-28 Disparities

    Higher prevalence of SCD in SGM adults highlights the importance of ensuring inclusive screenings, interventions, care services, and resources for SGM adults.

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