Overall, this study "suggests that increasing social media use comes at a developmental cost, strengthening the argument that ...

Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and ...

Dedicated memory tests on smartphones enable the detection of 'mild cognitive impairment', a condition that may indicate Alzheimer's disease, with high accuracy. Dedicated memory tests on smartphones ...

Researchers say the experimental tool has huge implications for public health, especially in conjunction with Alzheimer’s drugs that are most effective in the disease’s early stages ...

Why should I get a memory test? As we age, our brains undergo both anatomical and chemical changes. Shrinkage begins in our 30s and 40s, with the prefrontal cortex, cerebellum and hippocampus ...

Scientists have designed a new cognitive test that diagnoses patients more accurately with Alzheimer's. The digital test times how long it takes patients to remember objects and make word associations ...