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
Recent publications
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Ballesteros, S., Mayas, J., Ruíz, E., Prieto, A., Toril, P., Ponce de León, L., de Ceballos, M., Reales, J. M. (2017). Effects of video game training on behavioral and electrophysiological measures of attention and memory: Protocol for a randomized contro
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Muiños, M., Palmero, F., & Ballesteros, S. (2016). Peripheral vision, perceptual asymmetries and visuospatial attention in cognitively in young, young old and oldest old adults. Experimental Gerontology, 75, 30-36. doi:10.1016/j.exger.2015.12.006.
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Toril, P., Reales, J.M., Mayas, J., & Ballesteros, S. (2016). Brain training with video games enhances visuospatial working memory in older adults. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 10:206. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00206
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Redondo, M. T., Beltrán-Brotóns, J. L., Reales, J. M., & Ballesteros, S. (2016). Executive functions in patients with Alzheimer’s disease, type 2 diabetes patients and cognitively healthy older adults. Experimental Gerontology, 83, 47-55. doi:10.1016/j.ex
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...