Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a transitional state of cognitive decline that is below the average age-related fall off in mental skills but above the threshold for dementia. It is also called ...

What are intellectual and developmental disabilities? Intellectual disability is a disability characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior, which ...

Cognitive disability emerged as the most prevalent disability in the United States in 2022, affecting 13.9% of adults. This is according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s annual ...

People with cognitive disabilities – like autism, attention deficit and memory loss – are less satisfied with their health care than those in the general population, according to a study published by ...

Iron overload may drive neurodegeneration by inducing oxidative stress, exacerbating amyloid toxicity, disrupting tau protein ...

People with Chagas disease appear to face a greater risk of cognitive difficulties, including memory and spatial problems, compared to those with other forms of heart failure. A new study published in ...

Researchers have updated and validated a series of tests in the NIH Toolbox Cognitive Battery. These tests, delivered on an iPad, can now be used to accurately assess cognitive processing in people ...

If you have mild cognitive impairment (MCI), you may be worried that your condition will progress to dementia. But rest assured, the shift to dementia is not necessarily inevitable. It depends on what ...

Older adults who experienced delirium while hospitalized for COVID-19 had increases in functional disability and cognitive impairment in the 6 months after discharge, according to a prospective cohort ...