Jon B Prince, Helen Davis, Jane Tan, Katrina Muller-Townsend, Shaun Markovic, David M G Lewis, Brianne Hastie, Matthew B Thompson, Peter D Drummond, Hakuei Fujiyama, Hamid R Sohrabi
With dementia incidence projected to escalate significantly within the next 25 years, the United Nations declared 2021-2030 the Decade of Healthy Ageing, emphasising cognition as a crucial element. As a leading discipline in cognition and ageing research, psychology is well-equipped to offer insights for translational research, clinical practice, and policy-making. In this comprehensive review, we discuss the current state of knowledge on age-related changes in cognition and psychological health. We discuss cognitive changes during ageing, including (a) heterogeneity in the rate, trajectory, and characteristics of decline experienced by older adults, (b) the role of cognitive reserve in age-related cognitive decline, and (c) the potential for cognitive training to slow this decline...
April 3, 2024: Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews