Neurophysiology and cognitive reserve: A promising path

In the summer of 2017, a Lancet commission on Dementia prevention, intervention, and care (Livingston et al., 2017) identified nine risk factors for dementia that are potentially modifiable. Further, it estimated that if these nine factors are eliminated, one in three cases of dementia could be prevented. Among these nine factors, several are conceptually linked to cognitive reserve. Cognitive reserve refers to the brain capacity to cope with damage or diseases towards maintaining a stable level of function (Stern, 2002).

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