Scientists have discovered five major stages of human brain development, with the 'adult mode' not commencing until the early ...

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 ...

A new study has revealed encouraging findings about cognitive growth and development in adults with non-specific intellectual ...

Children who begin reading for pleasure early in life tend to perform better at cognitive tests and have better mental health when they enter adolescence, a study of more than 10,000 young adolescents ...

Researchers at the University of California - San Francisco found that chronic inflammation in young adulthood significantly increases the risk of cognitive decline in middle age. Using data from the ...

Even gradual, moderate increases in blood pressure starting in early adulthood are associated with changes in the brain by middle age that can increase the risk for cognitive deficits and dementia, a ...

New research indicates that identifying children as having high cognitive ability at a young age is often an unreliable ...

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 ...