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Half a million Americans will be diagnosed with dementia this year. That represents a 42% jump in the risk that someone age 55 or older will develop the life-altering condition. In fact, an ...

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Insight problem solving refers to the abrupt and transformative reorganisation of cognitive representations, typically resulting in an Aha! moment – a sudden experiential clarity that enables the ...

Cognition is the cornerstone of human potential, enabling knowledge acquisition, processing information, solving problems, and finding meaning. By sharpening cognitive skills—reasoning, ...

President Joe Biden said Friday that his poor performance in last week’s debate was a bad night but not evidence of a serious condition. “I have medical doctors traveling everywhere. Every president ...

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A group of studies, all conducted independently, have reached a similar sobering conclusion: sleep problems—including several common sleep difficulties faced by millions of people on a regular ...

Delphine Raucher-Chéné is a member of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders, the Schizophrenia International Research Society and the Society for Research in Psychopathology. She has ...