Types of cognitive error

Minimizing cognitive errors

Cognitive Bias Modification (CBM)

Cognitive Bias Modification (CBM) is new psychiatric therapy; involving just a few 15-minute sessions and no drugs, discussion of feelings, or even a psychiatrist, it is described as a cognitive vac...

Dementia

Dementia describes a range of symptoms of cognitive decline. For example memory loss, problems with reasoning and communication skills, and a reduction in a person's abilities and skills in carr...

Brain Cancer

According to the American Brain Tumor Association, just over 24,000 patients will be diagnosed with a primary malignant brain tumour during 2012 in the US alone. Some 80% of primary malignant brain...

Addenbrooke's nurse wins national award

A nurse from Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridgeshire has been given a national NHS award for his mentoring and teaching skills.

Study: Multiple sclerosis patients with cognitive problems have more brain damage

People with multiple sclerosis who have cognitive problems, or problems with memory, attention, and concentration, have more damage to areas of the brain involved in cognitive processes than people wi...

Education and Cognitive Change Over 15 Years

Is education level associated with degree of cognitive decline over time in older adults? Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Einstein's Remarkable Cognitive Abilities May Be Explained By Uncommon Features Of His Brain

Portions of Albert Einstein's brain have been found to be unlike those of most people and could be related to his extraordinary cognitive abilities, according to a new study led by Florida State Unive...

Activity Participation and Cognitive Aging From Age 50 to 80

This study examined the protective effects of leisure and physical activities on cognition, while accounting for prior cognitive ability, a rarely considered confounder. Journal of the American Geri...

A New Study By CogniFit Finds That Individuals Can Triple Their Cognitive Benefits When Brain Training Continuously Over 6 Months

New York, NY (PRWEB) March 26, 2013 CogniFit – Using its extensive and cognitive database, CogniFit found that people who engage in a number of brain training sessions beyond 6 months experi...

Cognitive neuroscience: Adapting to cognitive load

The dorsal anterior cingulate cortex provides an updated estimate of cognitive load to allow future behavioural adaption.

Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements and Cognitive Impairment

Could long-term supplementation with vitamin D and calcium reduce the risk of cognitive impairment and dementia in older women? Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Validation of Addenbrooke's cognitive examination for detecting early dementia in a Japanese population.

There is a clear need for brief, but sensitive and specific, cognitive screening instruments for dementia. We assessed the diagnostic accuracy of the Japanese version of Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examin...

Screening for Cognitive Dysfunction in Corticobasal Syndrome: Utility of Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination.

Introduction: The motor features of corticobasal syndrome (CBS) are well recognized but the fact that many, if not all, affected patients develop cognitive impairment is still underrecognized. The dem...

Does the Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination-revised add to the Mini-Mental State Examination in established Alzheimer disease? Results from a national dementia research register.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate how much the Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination-revised (ACE-R) improves the estimate of cognitive ability from the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) in people with Alzheime...

A comparison of screening tools for the assessment of Mild Cognitive Impairment: Preliminary findings.

We report a pilot investigation into the utility of screening tools in Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). The Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination-Revised (ACE-R), Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) an...

Adaptation of Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination-Revised for the Greek population.

Background/Purpose: Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination-Revised [1] is a highly sensitive and specific bedside test for the diagnosis of dementia. The aim of this study was to validate a Greek version...