Cardiovascular risk factors in early childhood, such as high BMI or blood pressure, are linked to poorer cognitive function ...

Diet plays an important role in cognitive health. A recent Nutrition study evaluated the association between long-term dietary patterns from youth to adulthood and cognitive function in midlife.

While research has shown that poor cardiovascular health can damage blood flow to the brain increasing the risk for dementia, a new study indicates that poor mental health may also take its toll on ...

Nella Schiavone, from the University of Helsinki, and colleagues investigated the effect of childhood ADHD and subthreshold ADHD on cognitive performance in adulthood. The analysis included 39 ...

An analysis of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study data found that individuals who reported experiencing loneliness as children had a 41% higher risk of dementia in adulthood. They also ...

Cardiovascular risk factors, such as BMI, in childhood and adolescence are associated with poorer cognitive function in young adulthood.

Before a person is even born, the brain has undergone intense expansion and growth in its complexity. This dramatic development continues into the first years of childhood. After an early boom period, ...

Neurodevelopment involves the brain's formation of systems responsible for learning, memory, social skills, and overall function. Critical neurodevelopmental processes such as neurogenesis, synaptic ...

Objectives To evaluate the association between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and cognition in a large sample of older adults, and to examine clinical and demographic factors that might moderate ...