Impact of Dietary Interventions on Depression in Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Hanhwa Koo, Kodai Ishihara, Yuji Kanejima, Miki Nakatani, Kazuhiro P. Izawa

“…One study reported significant improvements in QOL, and another showed enhancements in executive function, both favouring the intervention group. …”
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The Role of Complementary Therapy to Reduce Insomnia in Older Adults by Sitti Musdalifah Ahmad, Yuliana Syam, Ariyanti Saleh

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What can the psychoneuroimmunology of yoga teach us about depression's psychopathology? by Carola Chiarpenello, Katja Brodmann

“…Additionally, by improving functional connectivity within the salience network, they restore the dynamic switching between the default mode and central executive networks, reducing rumination and mind-wandering. …”
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The Priority Goals and Underlying Impairments Contributing to Goal-Related Problems of People with Parkinson’s Disease Receiving a Community-Based Rehabilitation Program by Sarah J. Davies, Hannah L. Gullo, Emmah Doig

“…The primary underlying impairment related to the goals was predominantly related to impairments in “mental functions” under the Body Functions category. Regardless of goal priority, most goal-related underlying impairments were found to be in the “mental functions” category. …”
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Association of plasma BDNF and MMP-9 levels with mild cognitive impairment: a matched case-control study by Tingyu Zhang, Huili Si, Jiali Liao, Rulin Ma

“…This study indicates that plasma BDNF and years of formal education are protective factors influencing cognitive function.…”
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Development of neuro-didactic content aimed at developing the intelligence of younger schoolchildren by Zhazira Zhumabayeva, Rabiga Bazarbekova, Sazhila Nurzhanova, Assel Stambekova, Sholpan B. Kalbergenova

“…Likewise significant enhancements were noted in reasoning skills; on the Raven’s Test 52% of students from the group demonstrated high performance compared to only 38%, from the control group.DiscussionThe study has established that neurodidactic interventions improve cognitive abilities, executive function, and self-regulation in young learners. …”
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The overlooked role of exergames in cognitive-motor neurorehabilitation: a systematic review by Maria Grazia Maggio, Francesca Baglio, Raffaela Maione, Rosalia Calapai, Fulvia Di Iulio, Paulo Cezar Rocha dos Santos, Marcos Maldonado-Díaz, Giulia Pistorino, Antonio Cerasa, Angelo Quartarone, Rocco Salvatore Calabrò

“…Eleven studies (8 RCTs, 2 feasibility studies, 1 secondary analysis) reported improvements in balance, gait, executive function, and memory, with high adherence (85–100%) and minimal adverse effects. …”
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Verbal fluency tests reliability in a Brazilian multicentric study, ELSA-Brasil by Valéria Maria de Azeredo Passos, Luana Giatti, Sandhi Maria Barreto, Roberta Carvalho Figueiredo, Paulo Caramelli, Isabela Benseñor, Maria de Jesus Mendes da Fonseca, Nagela Valadão Cade, Alessandra Carvalho Goulart, Maria Angélica Nunes, Márcia Guimarães de Mello Alves, Ana Angélica Martins da Trindade

“…Verbal Fluency Tests (VFT) are commonly used to assess executive functions and language in clinical and epidemiological studies. …”
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Phase synchrony between prefrontal noradrenergic and cholinergic signals indexes inhibitory control by Yuxiang Andy Liu, Yuhan Nong, Jiesi Feng, Guochuan Li, Paul Sajda, Yulong Li, Qi Wang

“…Abstract This study investigates how norepinephrine (NE) and acetylcholine (ACh) in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) modulate inhibitory control, a critical executive function. Using fluorescent sensors, we tracked prefrontal NE/ACh dynamics in mice during inhibitory control tasks and found strong NE-ACh coherence at 0.4–0.8 Hz. …”
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Mechanics of Mindfulness: Investigating Metacognitive Beliefs as a Pathway of Effect on Anxiety and Depression by Corey Jackson, Christian M. Jones

“…The Cognitive Attentional Syndrome (CAS) component of the Self-Regulatory Executive Function (S-REF) model was augmented to include subtypes of mind wandering and rumination. …”
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Individual differences in brain attention networks: the challenge of indexing temporal change by Gerald Matthews, Almira Kustubayeva, Manzura Zholdassova, Gulnur Borbassova

“…Issues included differential temporal stability of metrics, divergence of behavioral and ERP measures, and distinguishing changes in network function from changes in baseline response. The ANT is well-supported by group data as a tool for investigating attentional functioning. …”
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Technology-Enabled Cognitive Strategy Intervention for Secondary Stroke Prevention: A Feasibility Study by Timothy Dionne, Jessica D. Richardson, Davin Quinn, Karen Luo, Suzanne Perea Burns

“…Objective: To examine the feasibility, safety, acceptability, and suitability of a virtually-delivered vascular risk reduction intervention that integrates tailored cognitive strategy training for people with executive function (EF) impairments post-stroke. Methods: This case series included eight participants who completed up to ten virtual sessions focused on vascular risk reduction and metacognitive strategy training. …”
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Elevation of Plasma Homocysteine and Minor Hallucinations in Parkinson’s Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study by Min Zhong, Sha Zhu, Ruxin Gu, Yaxi Wang, Yinyin Jiang, Yu Bai, Xu Jiang, Bo Shen, Jun Yan, Yang Pan, Jun Zhu, Li Zhang

“…The high Hcy concentration was correlated with some symptoms in patients with MH, including motor dysfunction and nonmotor symptoms, such as symptoms of the gastrointestinal tract, angiocarpy, sleep/fatigue, and poor visuospatial/executive function. Conclusions. Results indicated a higher plasma Hcy concentration in MH patients than in their counterparts and revealed that Hcy is associated with certain motor and nonmotor symptoms in patients with MH. …”
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Cerebral oxygenation during submaximal and peak exercise for sedentary adults with and without down syndrome by Pieter-Henk Boer

“…This ΔHbO2 may possibly reflect previously reported executive function limitations and/or the many physiological limitations that individuals with DS are born with or develop over time. …”
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SEARCH AND RESCUE SYSTEM IN POLAND by Jan RAJCHEL

“…Before this date, all tasks of ARCC Centre were conducted mainly by the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland, which performed the coordination function in ASAR (Aeronautical Search and Rescue) service. …”
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Effect of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Patients with Post-Stroke Cognitive Impairment by Zheyi YU, Weiming ZHANG

“…ELISA method was used to observe the changes of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), interleukin-6(IL-6) and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) in the two groups after treatment.Results:There were no significant differences in the scores of MoCA, including orientation (ORT), visual space and executive function (EF), naming (NAM), memory (MEM), attention (ATT), language (LANG) and abstract ability (ABS) before treatment between the two groups (<italic>P</italic>&gt; 0.05). …”
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Relationship among the quality of cognitive abilities, depression symptoms, and various aspects of handgrip strength in the elderly by Jovanović Stevan S., Trajkov Marija T., Dopsaj Milivoj J., Arsić Slađana D., Milošević Radovan Lj., Stojanović-Jovanović Biljana N., Pavlović Dragan M.

“…The aging process is often characterized by a reduction of adaptive responses, an increasing vulnerability and functional limitations. The aim of this study was to determine if there were correlations between particular cognitive abilities (verbal ability, spatial ability, processing speed, memory, verbal fluency, divergent thinking, memory, attention, executive functions, conceptualization, orientation, computation), depression symptoms and different dynamometric parameters of muscle contraction, during handgrip (HG) of both hands, in the elderly population. …”
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Digital Interventions for Cognitive Dysfunction in Patients With Stroke: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Chen Wang, Min Liu

“…ConclusionsDigital therapies are effective in improving cognitive functioning in patients post stroke. CACT showed superior efficacy on the MoCA (emphasizing executive functioning), while RAT had the highest efficacy in the MMSE (focusing on basic cognition), suggesting different domain-specific effects. …”
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Cognitive «portrait» of children with mental retardation by T. S. Kaminskaya, L. G. Khachatryan, E. V. Kasanave, I. V. Kaminskiy

“…Less common are violations of executive functions (38%) and emotional sphere (14%). …”
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Sex, diabetes status and cognition: findings from the study of longevity in diabetes by Mary E Lacy, Paola Gilsanz, Michal S Beeri, Rachel A Whitmer, Chris Moran

“…Women had better cognitive performance than men in global cognition (β=0.21, 95% CI 0.16 to 0.26), language (β=0.08, 95% CI 0.004 to 0.15), executive function (β=0.13, 95% CI 0.05 to 0.20), episodic verbal memory (β=0.68, 95% CI 0.59 to 0.77) and attention (β=0.20, 95% CI 0.11 to 0.28) but not in episodic visual memory (β=0.006, 95% CI −0.07 to 0.09) adjusting for age and education independent of diabetes status. …”
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