Projects
Assessment of Cognitive Performance in Elderly Life via Meaningful Play KU Leuven
Cognitive decline is the deterioration of one or more cognitive functions such as attention, memory, or processing speed. Inherent to aging, most people will encounter some form of cognitive decline during their lifetime while retaining the ability to perform instrumental activities of daily living. However, beyond this age-related cognitive decline due to aging, some people will experience pathological cognitive decline: an abnormal rate of ...
SRP-Onderzoekszwaartepunt: Translating the biology of cognitive function to improve diagnosis and treatment of brain disorders Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Physical Activity for CognitivE health: investigating the Underlying causal Pathways (PACE-UP project) Ghent University
As the share of older adults is growing at a high pace, so is the number of people living with cognitive decline. To reduce the prevalence of cognitive decline, research on healthy cognitive ageing is needed. Among older adults, engaging in physical activity is positively associated with maintenance of optimal cognitive functioning. Nevertheless, the underlying pathways via which physical activity influences older adults’ cognitive ...
Psychotic depression in older adults (60+) as prodrome/risk factor for cognitive deterioration/dementia. University of Antwerp
Cognitive workload monitoring during virtual reality gameplay by combining performance and task difficulty with EEG with ECG recordings KU Leuven
Current evidence suggests that short training sessions can improve cognitive performance of elder individuals and postpone age-related cognitive decline development. But the expected outcome could be compromised when these sessions increase the subject's cognitive workload (CW) -the interaction between mental demands of the task and the subject's ability to perform them. Several attempts have been made to relate CW to task difficulty, leaving ...
Motoric, cognitive and linguistic writing process characteristics in Alzheimer's disease: A task validity, cross-sectional and longitudinal study. University of Antwerp
Motoric, cognitive and linguistic writing process characteristics in Alzheimer's disease: a task validity, cross-sectional and longitudinal study. University of Antwerp
Cognitively enriched walking interventions for older adults to boost cognitive plasticity Ghent University
Dementia currently affects more than 47 million people worldwide, is forecasted to triple by 2050
and is one of the most costly disorders in Belgium. There is good scientific evidence that the
cognitive impairments associated with the development of dementia can be lessened or even
reverse because of the plasticity of the brain (rewiring). Recent research has shown that engaging in
regular physical activity combined ...
Cognitively enriched walking interventions for older adults to boost cognitive plasticity KU Leuven
Dementia currently affects more than 47 million people worldwide, is forecasted to triple by 2050 and is one of the most costly disorders in Belgium. There is good scientific evidence that the cognitive impairments associated with the development of dementia can be lessened or even reverse because of the plasticity of the brain (rewiring). Recent research has shown that engaging in regular physical activity combined with performing ...