Accumulated evidence shows that leisure activities have a positive impact on cognitive
function and dementia. This review aimed to systematically summarize the current evidence …

This chapter will focus on the descriptive, analytic, and intervention-oriented epidemiology of
dementia and its most frequent etiologic type due to Alzheimer's disease. The chapter opens …

This well-established and accessible text has been completely revised in this expanded fifth
edition. Each chapter has been updated, often extensively, to reflect current thinking, and an …

Objective: Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) has emerged as a classification for a prodromal
phase of cognitive decline that may precede the emergence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) …

Objective: Studies of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) show elevated rates of conversion to
dementia at the group level. However, previous studies of the trajectory of MCI identify great …

Abstract Background/Aims: The determination of meaningful cognitive change over time is
essential for the diagnosis of dementia in the elderly. Reliable change indices (RCIs) …

Population studies strive to determine the prevalence of Alzheimer-type dementia, but
prevalence estimates vary widely. In this article, the challenges faced by several noted …

In the field of neuropsychology, it is essential to determine which neuropsychological tests
predict Alzheimer's disease (AD) in people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and which …

Background: Successive elderly birth cohorts improved in cognitive performance during the
20th century. It is not clear whether this influences cognitive predictors of dementia and …

We used data from two population-based longitudinal studies to estimate time of onset and
rate of accelerated decline across cognitive domains before dementia diagnosis. The H70 …