Working memory is important for online language processing during conversation. We use it
to maintain relevant information, to inhibit or ignore irrelevant information, and to attend to …

As the global population faces a progressive shift towards a higher median age,
understanding the mechanisms underlying healthy brain ageing has become of paramount …

General cognitive function is a prominent and relatively stable human trait that is associated
with many important life outcomes. We combine cognitive and genetic data from the …

Objectives To examine the effect of perceived loneliness on the development of dementia
(all-cause), Alzheimer´ s disease (AD), and vascular dementia (VaD). Method The study …

Background Exposure to ambient air pollution is suspected to cause cognitive effects, but a
prospective cohort is needed to study exposure to air pollution at the home address and the …

Episodic memory and working memory decline with advancing age. Nevertheless, large-
scale population-based studies document well-preserved memory functioning in some older …

One of the unmistakable characteristics of an immature science is the looseness of definition
and use of its major concepts. In experimental psychology, a discipline less than a hundred …

The fact that medial temporal lobe structures, including the hippocampus, are critical for
declarative memory is firmly established by now. The understanding of the role that these …

There is marked variability in both onset and rate of episodic-memory decline in aging.
Structural magnetic resonance imaging studies have revealed that the extent of age-related …

In the present meta-analysis, we integrated findings from 228 studies on the association of
six caregiving-related stressors and caregiving uplifts with burden and depressed mood …