Cognitive decline and the neighborhood environment

Neighborhood Integration and Connectivity Predict Cognitive Performance and Decline

OBJECTIVE Neighborhood characteristics may be important for promoting walking, but little research has focused on older adults, especially those with cognitive impairment. We evaluated the role of neighborhood characteristics on cognitive function and decline over a 2-year period adjusting for measures of walking. METHOD In a study of 64 older adults with and without mild Alzheimer's disease ...

The decline and fall of the neighborhood drugstore.

the relationship between field-related cognitive styles and global reading comprehension of hypertext

this study investigates the relationship between field-related cognitive styles and global reading comprehension of hypertext. technically, field dependency is prevailing dominance of field on perception of parts, while global comprehension is skim-like reading to grasp the general content. in this research project, 60 senior and junior students of arak university majoring in english literature...

Stroke and Cognitive Decline.

Stroke and cognitive impairment are common among older persons.1 It is estimated that the lifetime risk for stroke is approximately 1 in 5 for women and 1 in 6 for men,2 and almost one-third of persons with stroke, which typically may involve motor, sensory, or other deficits, may have a significant degree of cognitive impairment within several months of the event.1 Furthermore, silent strokes ...

Race, Environment, and Neighborhood Choice

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