There are ways to manage symptoms and slow the progression. By Dana G. Smith Cognitive decline is a frightening prospect for most people. But experts say there are ways to manage and treat it, ...

All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Learn more.

When combined with PTSD and mild TBI, low-level blast exposure is associated with cognitive outcomes in military personnel.

Neuropsychological assessment, or cognitive testing, is the gold standard tool for measuring cognitive functions (or the “software” of the brain) such as memory, language, attention, visuospatial ...

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a slight decrease in a patient's cognitive function compared to a higher premorbid level. Symptoms remain objectively invisible, but the patients themselves complain ...

Almost everyone can relate to misplacing their car keys or forgetting the name of an actor in their favorite movie. It’s a type of memory lapse that can become even more common with age. “As we get ...

Mike Davis’ mother died from Alzheimer’s disease in 2008. So when Davis started noticing that he was having an increasing number of “senior moments” at age 76 — such as forgetting to water his plants, ...