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As people age, their brains do, too. But if a brain ages prematurely, there is potential for age-related diseases such as mild-cognitive impairment, dementia, or Parkinson’s disease. If “brain age” ...

Clinical psychologists have a long tradition of attempting to understand what is “on the mind” of their clients by use of psychological tests. The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scales, for example, have ...

As dementia becomes more widespread, Mayo Clinic researchers believe that artificial intelligence is the key to enabling earlier and faster diagnoses. By pairing AI and EEG (electroencephalogram) ...

Everyone gets sleepy at work from time to time, especially after a big lunch. But for people whose jobs involve driving or working with heavy machinery, drowsiness can be extremely dangerous - if not ...

A neurologist's startup has developed a foundation model, based on 60,000 hours of brain wave records, which reportedly ...

UCSF researcher Daniel Mathalon, MD, PhD, believes that burgeoning knowledge about biomarkers — biological measures of a ...

We have wearables that track our physical health—why not wear one that tracks our cognitive health? Researchers at the University of Colorado, the University of Miami, and Missouri’s Washington ...

A new study shows that attention moves in fast repeating cycles in the brain, making us more open to distraction at certain moments.