Essays about: "cognitive reserve"
Found 5 essays containing the words cognitive reserve.
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1. The value of traditional travel agency in the digital age
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för tjänstevetenskapAbstract : In contemporary tourism, technology enables travelers to make travel arrangements in various ways, for example they can reserve tickets directly from airlines company’s website or purchase products from online travel agencies. Considering that travelers have many alternatives but insist in making transactions with traditional travel agencies, there must be something that makes traditional travel agency a valuable object. READ MORE
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2. The relationship of self-reported reading habits and declarative memory
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologiAbstract : The present study examined the possibility that reading books might support declarative memory, and potentially contribute to the cognitive reserve and thereby minimize age-related decline in memory functions. It was a crosssectional study, where data were taken from 566 Betula Study participants, as well as the scores of declarative memory assessment tasks, and book reading reports. READ MORE
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3. Second language proficiency and its effects on cognitive functions: : Relations between bilingualism and tactile and visual versions of the Simon task
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologiAbstract : Bilinguals have repeatedly shown to have better results than monolinguals in non-verbal cognitive tasks that require inhibition of distracting stimuli. Evidence suggests that this enhanced performance is due to training effects of non domain specific executive functions, and that this gain in cognitive performance can contribute to a cognitive reserve in old age. READ MORE
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4. The impact of cognitive reserve on the relationship between clinical expression and brain pathology in Alzheimer’s disease
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Psykologiska institutionenAbstract : There is two different ways to react to a disease like Mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease, pathological and clinical. What if there was a way to delay the clinical expression of a disease through pathology? The cognitive reserve has been proven to show a more rapid decline in the individuals that had higher reserve. READ MORE
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5. The effects of physical activity on the association between self-reported stress and episodic memory performance
University essay from Psykologiska institutionenAbstract : Recurrent stress has been found to impair brain structures essential to memory. The cognitive reserve model suggests that physical activity supplies protection against memory decline in neuropathologies. The purpose of the present study was to explore whether leisure physical activity modifies the predicted negative effect stress has on memory. READ MORE
