Certain handwriting features, such as writing efficiency and coordination, may shed light on the cognitive health of older ...

Handwriting requires a combination of fine motor control and a complex set of mental skills, such as selecting, organizing, ...

Digitized handwriting features during dictation tasks can serve as an early diagnostic marker for cognitive decline.

According to a team of researchers in Portugal, how fast you can write your to-do lists may be a test of cognitive decline. ...

When a group of older adults in Portugal completed writing tests, scientists found a link between how they wrote and their ...

In an innovative study, researchers at Kessler Foundation have conducted the first systematic investigation of the effects of cognitive fatigue by using two different tasks across three distinct ...

Researchers in Portugal say the discovery coud pave the way to new methods for diagnosing the disease.

Those who study the brain or treat patients (or both) talk a lot about executive functioning, often in the negative. We refer to “poor executive functioning,” “executive dysfunction,” “frontal lobe ...

A new study out of Portugal found that the speed at which older adults are able to perform a basic, everyday task could be a ...

The strength model of willpower enjoys both supporters and critics, earning both influence and critique since its development in the mid-'90s. It is often cited in discussions around psychology’s ...