cognitive reserve

American  

[kahg-ni-tiv-ri-zurv] / ˈkɑg nɪ tɪv rɪˈzɜrv /

noun

plural

cognitive reserves

1. the brain's capacity to compensate for injury or deterioration and continue functioning, especially from damage relating to age or disease.

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Example Sentences

At the bookstore, he reads up on Alzheimer’s disease and hatches a plan to build up the cognitive reserve of all his grandparents by feeding them spinach and keeping them mentally engaged.

From Los Angeles Times

"We will continue to study the association between stress and sleeping disorders and how it affects the cognitive reserve in memory clinic patients," says Dr Yerramalla.

From Science Daily

Researchers from Karolinska Institutet have now examined the association between cognitive reserve, cognition, and biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease in 113 participants from the memory clinic at the Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden.

From Science Daily

It has since been postulated that so-called cognitive reserve might account for this differential protective effect in individuals.

From Science Daily

Cognitively stimulating and enriching life experiences and behaviours such as higher educational attainment, complex jobs, continued physical and leisure activities, and healthy social interactions help build cognitive reserve.

From Science Daily