Brain metabolism in health, aging, and neurodegeneration

S Camandola, MP Mattson - The EMBO journal, 2017 - embopress.org
Brain cells normally respond adaptively to bioenergetic challenges resulting from ongoing
activity in neuronal circuits, and from environmental energetic stressors such as food …

Working memory training does not improve performance on measures of intelligence or other measures of “far transfer” evidence from a meta-analytic review

M Melby-Lervåg, TS Redick… - Perspectives on …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
It has been claimed that working memory training programs produce diverse beneficial
effects. This article presents a meta-analysis of working memory training studies (with a …

ICTs and speed learning in special education: high-consciousness training strategies for high-capacity learners through metacognition Lens

E Mitsea, A Drigas, C Skianis - Technium Soc. Sci. J., 2022 - HeinOnline
Education in the 21st century is called upon to prepare students with disabilities to enter a
high-consciousness society where people can learn, think and react fast. The current review …

A new mechanism of nervous system plasticity: activity-dependent myelination

RD Fields - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2015 - nature.com
The synapse is the focus of experimental research and theory on the cellular mechanisms of
nervous system plasticity and learning, but recent research is expanding the consideration …

What is normal in normal aging? Effects of aging, amyloid and Alzheimer's disease on the cerebral cortex and the hippocampus

AM Fjell, L McEvoy, D Holland, AM Dale… - Progress in …, 2014 - Elsevier
What can be expected in normal aging, and where does normal aging stop and pathological
neurodegeneration begin? With the slow progression of age-related dementias such as …

Brain structure and cognitive ability in healthy aging: a review on longitudinal correlated change

J Oschwald, S Guye, F Liem, P Rast, S Willis… - Reviews in the …, 2019 - degruyter.com
Little is still known about the neuroanatomical substrates related to changes in specific
cognitive abilities in the course of healthy aging, and the existing evidence is predominantly …

Efficiency, capacity, compensation, maintenance, plasticity: emerging concepts in cognitive reserve

D Barulli, Y Stern - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2013 - cell.com
Cognitive reserve (CR) is a concept meant to account for the frequent discrepancy between
an individual's measured level of brain pathology and her expected cognitive performance. It …

Within-subject template estimation for unbiased longitudinal image analysis

M Reuter, NJ Schmansky, HD Rosas, B Fischl - Neuroimage, 2012 - Elsevier
Longitudinal image analysis has become increasingly important in clinical studies of normal
aging and neurodegenerative disorders. Furthermore, there is a growing appreciation of the …

Prefrontal cortex and executive functions in healthy adults: a meta-analysis of structural neuroimaging studies

P Yuan, N Raz - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Lesion studies link the prefrontal cortex (PFC) to executive functions. However, the evidence
from in vivo investigations in healthy people is mixed, and there are no quantitative …

Is working memory training effective? A meta-analytic review.

M Melby-Lervåg, C Hulme - Developmental psychology, 2013 - psycnet.apa.org
It has been suggested that working memory training programs are effective both as
treatments for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and other cognitive disorders in …