Healthy ageing has been found to be accompanied by changes in slow wave activity (SWA) and cognitive function. Furthermore, these changes have been seen predominantly in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) compared to other regions of the cortex. Current theories of cognitive ageing pro…
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The menopause is a natural transition that occurs at midlife for a woman and is accompanied by a number of symptoms which can significantly affect quality of life, the most commonly reported being hot flushes. Impaired cognitive function has also been observed in menopausal wome…
Hypohydration and fasting are used as means to achieve body mass loss and Ramadan fasting is practised by millions of Muslims as a religious custom. Although both hypohydration and fasting have been studied extensively, the effect of hypohydration and Ramadan style fasting on ma…
Performance on mobility assessments has been extensively linked to processing speed and executive function among older adults. However, less is known about the relationship between cognitive function and functional mobility as part of day to day life. African American individual…
Background: Depression and dementia are the most common causes of disability worldwide and are leading causes of global disease burden. Both conditions are associated with poor psychosocial functioning and impaired capacity to manage other illnesses. There is potential to delay …
A connection between Body Mass Index (BMI) and cognitive function has been found across the lifespan, most notably in adolescents and the elderly. As individuals maintain a high BMI score over time, cognitive function has shown to decline and structural changes to the brain have…
Contact and collision sports (CCS) expose athletes to countless repetitive head impacts (RHI) across a single season, potentially leading to increased risk of long-term difficulties in cognition and the development of neurodegenerative disease. There is mixed literature on wheth…
The physical complications of Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) have been understood as an accelerated ageing process (Morley, 2008). Do people with T1DM also experience accelerated cognitive and brain ageing? Using findings from research of the normal cognitive and brain ageing p…