MBCT combines two research-backed approaches: mindfulness practices and cognitive therapy. Mindfulness is a practice involving awareness of one’s internal state and surroundings, according to the ...

Doctors explain the signs to look for, and how to get evaluated. By Dana G. Smith Mike Davis’s mother died from Alzheimer’s disease in 2008. So when Mr. Davis started noticing that he was having an ...

Cognitive dissonance is a psychological term that describes the discomfort you feel when your beliefs don’t line up with your actions. Or it could refer to the tension of holding two conflicting ...

Concerns about age and mental fitness have been a recurring theme through the past two presidencies and are set to only mount in 2024 with two frontrunner candidates nearing or exceeding the age of 80 ...

The ideal time to eat dinner for cognitive health is three hours before bedtime. This timing may promote brain health by ...

Peter O'Sullivan is a Director and consults at bodylogic.physio. He receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council. JP Caneiro is a Director and consults at bodylogic.physio.

Cognitive reappraisal is a strategy for everyday living in which a person deliberately aims to modify their emotional response to experience by changing their thoughts. It involves evaluating an ...

Cognitive impairment is a common but often overlooked symptom of schizophrenia. From difficulties in social settings to remembering how to take the bus to work, decreased cognitive function can ...

Imagine waking up to the news that a deadly new strain of flu has emerged in your city. Health officials are downplaying it, but social media is flooded with contradictory claims from “medical experts ...

Cognitive linguistics is a modern school of linguistic thought that originally began to emerge in the 1970s due to dissatisfaction with formal approaches to language. As I explain in my book, ...