STAT

Study highlights influence of socioeconomic status on children’s brain development

A new study found that the leading environmental factor influencing brain structure and function is the socioeconomic status ...
Phys.org

Study questions whether executive function assessments measure universal abilities or school-based skills

Executive function—top-down processes by which the human mind controls behavior, regulating thoughts and actions—have long been studied using a standard set of tools, with these assessments being ...
BMJ

Cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with cognitive function in late adulthood: baseline findings from the IGNITE study

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 ...
Kaleido Scope

Study: The effects of sleep restriction in cognitive function and obesity in teens

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommends teenagers ages 13-18 get eight to 10 hours of sleep per night. Late night athletic practices and other extracurriculars mixed with early morning ...
BMJ

Effectiveness of exercise for improving cognition, memory and executive function: a systematic umbrella review and meta-meta-analysis

Objective To evaluate systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) on the effects of exercise on general cognition, memory and executive function across all populations and ages. Methods ...