Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows

Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and ...

New study links social media use to lower test scores in children

New research highlights the impact of social media on children's cognitive abilities, revealing that even one hour a day on ...

Study shows link between screen time and lower test scores

There is a new warning for parents about how social media affects pre-teens.A new study was published on Monday in the ...
Florida Today

One Senior Place: Why should I get a memory test? Early detection is the key

Why should I get a memory test? As we age, our brains undergo both anatomical and chemical changes. Shrinkage begins in our 30s and 40s, with the prefrontal cortex, cerebellum and hippocampus ...
YourTango

The Quick Visual Test That Reveals If You Have Perfect Short-Term Memory

We tend to take our ability to remember things like faces, phone numbers, other people's names, and events for granted until they are impaired by memory loss due to Alzheimer’s disease and other ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Three-Minute Take-Home Test May Identify Symptoms Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease Years Before a Traditional Diagnosis

Researchers say the experimental tool has huge implications for public health, especially in conjunction with Alzheimer’s drugs that are most effective in the disease’s early stages ...