an effective treatment plan for memory and cognitive decline
What is cognitive decline?
Cognitive decline can range from mild cognitive impairment to dementia. With mild cognitive impairment, a person can experience notable, albeit slight, difficulty in memory and learning as compared with their peers. In more severe cases, the individual loses the ability to understand the meaning and/or importance of things and can ultimately lose the ability to care for themselves independently. Cognitive decline can negatively affect sleep, focus, and emotional regulation. Regardless of severity, cognitive decline impairs a person’s sense of well-being.
Causation and prevention of cognitive decline
While age is a primary risk factor for cognitive decline, our brain is affected by many different components, including chronic illness, physical inactivity, family history, brain injury, and stress.
Recent studies have suggested that even mild ongoing stress can alter brain chemistry. In fact, high levels of stress have been shown to generate increased cortisol levels in the prefrontal cortex, leading to cognitive dysfunction.
While certain factors, such as family history and aging, are unavoidable, many others are controllable elements that can optimize your brain health, such as diet, exercise, stress management, and meaningful social interactions. These, along with strengthening neural connections through neurofeedback, can foster heightened cognitive functioning so that you can lead your best life well into your golden years.
What causes memory loss and early-onset dementia
The health of our brains is affected by many different factors. Some practices help optimize brain function and some factors detract from brain health. Stress can have a direct impact on all parts of the body, especially the brain.
Recent studies suggest that even mild ongoing stress can alter brain chemistry. But high levels of stress experienced over time can cause the most damage and could lead to early-onset dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. Cognitive sharpness is also impacted by social interactions and meaningful relationships. Furthermore, increasing neuroplasticity using brain training (neurofeedback) helps encourage the brain to develop, whatever your age.
Finding a trusted clinician for memory loss
A clinician for memory loss must be able to integrate multiple approaches in helping patients who are experiencing cognitive decline. Neurofeedback, also known as EEG biofeedback, is a non-drug therapy for cognitive enhancement that is safe for all ages. Neurofeedback explores the restoring ability of neuroplasticity to enhance memory and cognition in healthy subjects and slow the progression of cognitive impairment in susceptible individuals. Research has shown that brain training is an effective method in reducing the risk of dementia.
The Science Behind Cognitive Decline
Cognitive decline is not inevitable. Advances in neuroscience research has shown that we are not determined solely by our genes, but their expression based on our lifestyle.
Neurofeedback is based on the extraordinary concept of neuroplasticity, which is the ability of the brain to form and reorganize synaptic connections. The goal of neurofeedback is to enrich neural connections and the overall stability of the brain, leading to optimal cognition. Using real time biofeedback of your brain wave activity, you can improve working and long-term memory and combat cognitive decline so that you can live your most enriched life.
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