About us
The Research Group Studies on Aging and Neurodegenerative Diseases
Aging research has a great social importance for the European Union and its Member States. Over the past decades the developed world is experiencing an increase in the number of older adults. Better life conditions and substantial medical advances have increased longevity. But as humans aged, many declines occur in the cognitive system. The speed at which information is processed in the human brain, inhibitory function, working memory and episodic memory, among others, suffer age-related declines. In contrast, other cognitive functions such as verbal abilities and implicit memory are age-invariant. Recently, the use of imaging techniques have shown that the relationship between brain function and behavioral performance
CURSOS DE VERANO 2016 Salud cognitiva, emocional y memoria en la vejez
El aumento creciente de las personas mayores y muy mayores que viven en nuestra sociedad se acompaña de un crecimiento exponencial del número de individuos que van a sufrir deterioro cognitivo y demencia en las próximas décadas. Esto va a suponer un gran coste para gobiernos, familias e individuos. No se trata de añadir más años a la vida sino de vivirlos con vitalidad. Esto solo es posible manteniendo la funcionalidad cognitiva y cerebral de este segmento de la población de forma que puedan llevar una vida independiente, libre de deterioro cognitivo y demencia. El curso va a tratar sobre programas de intervención que han tenido éxito a la hora de mantener y/o mejorar la salud cognitiva y cerebral, favoreciendo el bienestar cognitivo, emocional y la memoria en la vejez.
Recent publications
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Muiños, M., Palmero, F., & Ballesteros, S. (2016). Peripheral vision, perceptual asymmetries and visuospatial attention in cognitively young, young old and oldest old adults. Experimental Gerontology, 75, 30-36. doi:10.1016/j.exger.2015.12.006.
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Redondo, M. T., Beltrán-Brotóns, J. L., Reales, J. M., & Ballesteros, S. (2015). Word-stem priming and recognition in type 2 diabetes mellitus, Alzheimer´s disease and cognitively healthy older adults. Experimental Brain Research. DOI: 10.1007/s00221-015-
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Heller, M. A., & Ballesteros, S. (2015). Visually impaired touch. Chapter 32. In T.J. Prescott et al. (eds.), Scholarpedia of Touch, Scholarpedia (pp. 389-399). DOI 10.2991/978-94-6239-133-8_32
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Ballesteros, S., Mayas, J., Prieto, A., Toril, P., Pita, C., Ponce de León, L., Reales, J. M., & Waterworth, J. (2015). A randomized controlled trial of brain training with non-action video games in older adults: Results of the 3-month follow-up. Frontier
Research Projects
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I2M2. Multimodal Molecular Imaging of Inflammation
Psychological factors of inflammation and neurodegeneration We propose to evaluate quantitatively the...
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Compensation factors of cognitive aging
Previous research suggests that factors such as cognitive engagement, physical activity and...
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The H-V Curvature Illusion Across Lifespan
The Curvature Illusion Study investigates the development of the horizontal-vertical illusion...