July 28, 2021
Obesity is a major public health issue among Latinos, and a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease. But in a new study, researchers at UC San Diego report that cardiometabolic abnormalities, such as hypertension, are more strongly associated with cognitive decline than obesity alone.
July 23, 2014
…have been arguing for years whether jealousy requires complex cognition. And some scientists have even said that jealousy is an entirely social construct – not seen in all human cultures and not fundamental or hard-wired in the same ways that fear and anger are.
May 16, 2017
Arguing against the current conventional wisdom – that there is an evolved capacity for number and arithmetic that we share with other species – Rafael Nunez says numerical cognition is not biologically endowed.
June 15, 2020
Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues elsewhere, will receive almost $19 million over five years for the fourth phase of the Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging, which investigates cognition, aging and the risk for mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease.
April 6, 2012
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego and Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System have shown that elevated pulse pressure may increase the risk of cerebrovascular disease (CVD) in older adults with Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
June 8, 2021
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine used a combination of modalities, such as measuring brain function, cognition and lifestyle factors, to generate individualized predictions of depression.
March 19, 2015
…Bradley Voytek, Department of Cognitive Science Voytek’s research program combines large scale data-mining and machine-learning techniques with experimental research to understand the relationships between the human frontal lobes, cognition and disease. Specifically, he has been studying the role that neuronal oscillations play in human cognition, with a focus on neuroplasticity…
February 14, 2020
Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine report that abnormal levels of beta-amyloid plaques in brain predict cognitive decline and higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, but also that cognitive performance predicts progression from normal to abnormal levels of beta-amyloid.
August 9, 2021
UC San Diego Health physicians describe first known case of young, healthy adult experiencing central nervous system inflammation due to COVID-19, but without cognitive impairment.
September 3, 2020
…as a state of cognitive, psychological, emotional and social well-being. This encompasses having the ability to manage and respond to the daily demands and vicissitudes of life, recognition of your own inner strengths, having meaning and purpose, as well as possessing an ability to contribute to your community. Said simply,…
