Use Cognitive Science to Recover Your Health
Recent developments and discoveries in the area of neuroscience have shown that regular brain fitness training can provide considerable benefits to people of all ages who have experienced cognitive decline due to disease, trauma or chemotherapy. Read about how people with Alzheimer’s, ADHD, MS, Parkinson’s and chemo fog can use CogniFit brain fitness programs to recover, improve and maintain their cognitive health.
The subsequent brain damage ultimately results in long-term disability. Because the disease can cause multiple sites of damage throughout the central nervous system, patients will experience a wide variety of symptoms. One of most common is impairment of cognitive ability.
Cognitive impairment, including impaired memory, attention, processing and executive functions, affects up to 65% of patients who have MS. Short-term memory, which is the ability to recall information that has been acquired only a brief time before it must be retrieved, is most often affected.
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the best-known and most common form of dementia, which is a disease of the nervous system that’s characterized by loss of certain mental abilities. It usually develops during old age and it’s marked by a decline in mental functions such as memory, reasoning, and the ability to plan. A person with AD usually experiences a gradual decline in mental functions. The first stages include a slight loss of memory, such as the inability to remember the names of people or objects.
Parkinson's Disease (PD) is characterized primarily by the affect it has on motor functions; its symptoms include trembling, stiffness of limbs, slowness of movement and general postural instability. The disease usually affects people over the age of 50. Early symptoms of PD are subtle and occur gradually, but as they become more pronounced, patients may have difficulty walking, talking or completing other simple tasks. In some people the disease progresses more quickly than in others.
It is well known fact that people who receive chemotherapy for cancer have a higher risk of developing cognitive impairment in later life than those who have never undergone chemotherapy. Patients who have been treated with higher doses of chemotherapy have a higher risk than those treated with standard doses. The duration of chemotherapy can also significantly affect cognitive impairment: the longer the treatments, the more it tends to affect cognition.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common mental disorders that develop in children. Children with ADHD experience impaired functioning at home, at school, and in relationships with their peers. If untreated, the disorder can produce long-term adverse effects, extending into adolescence and adulthood, in as many as 50 percent of children diagnosed with ADHD.
When dyslexic college students trained with CogniFit Personal Coach®, their brain activity, working memory and reading performance were shown to increase significantly, and results lasted up to six months after training.
The Truth about Age and Cognitive Decline
As we age, we all experience some degree of cognitive decline. Unfortunately, it’s a normal part of the aging process. Some areas of the brain are affected earlier than other, and the good new is that some don’t decline at all. And the best news of all is that a program of regular brain training can prevent and even reverse most types of age-related cognitive decline.
Most people are aware of the phrase 'use it or lose it' as it is applied to physical fitness.
As recently as 50 years ago, sleeping was considered a passive part of our daily lives. Thanks to extensive research, we now know that your brain remains active while you’re sleeping, and that getting enough sleep is extremely beneficial to your physical and mental health.
Brain fitness is a term that’s becoming familiar to more and more people. That’s because the more that scientists learn about the brain, the more we realize how important it is to keep our brains, as well as our bodies, in good shape. And when it comes to how your brain is affected by aging, there is good news and bad news.
The brain fitness industry is a fast growing business. New brain teasers appear each day, on the web and on mobile phones. They offer to improve your memory, attention, or other cognitive skills, all for free. They may be fun to do, but how many of them really work? Read the list of the important differences between serious brain training programs and the brain games and teasers you fine everywhere these days.
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