Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience | Neurocognitive Aging and Behavior

Brief Research Report

Published on 16 Jan 2026

After cochlear implantation in older adults, enhanced working memory does not fully mediate the relationship between CI and improved semantic fluency

in Neurocognitive Aging and Behavior

Maria Huber
Angelika Illg
Lisa Reuter
Lennart Weitgasser

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnagi.2025.1701934

637 views

Original Research

Published on 15 Jan 2026

Polarity-dependent modulation of sleep oscillations and cortical excitability in aging

in Neurocognitive Aging and Behavior

Buse Dikici
Robert Malinowski
Jan-Bernhard Kordaß
Klaus Obermayer
Julia Ladenbauer
Agnes Flöel

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnagi.2025.1704130

705 views

Original Research

Published on 14 Jan 2026

Cardiorespiratory fitness does not predict longitudinal changes in manual dexterity, cognition or corticospinal excitability in multiple sclerosis

in Neurocognitive Aging and Behavior

Basel Mohamed
Sarah Duraid
Nick W. Bray
Arthur R. Chaves
Michelle Ploughman

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnagi.2025.1628832

833 views

Original Research

Published on 13 Jan 2026

Correlation between blood biomarkers and post-stroke cognitive impairment

in Neurocognitive Aging and Behavior

Xianjun Liu
Zhaoyang Lv
Zhihong Shi
Feng Liu
Hao Wu
Shuai Liu
Yong Ji

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnagi.2025.1736338

831 views

Original Research

Published on 13 Jan 2026

Influence of anesthetic agent and burst suppression on postoperative delirium in elderly patients: a prospective cohort study with automated EEG analysis

in Neurocognitive Aging and Behavior

Maximilian Markus
Marc Dorenbeck
Vera Röhr
Sophie Leroy
Benjamin Blankertz
Emery N. Brown
Claudia Spies
Susanne Koch

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnagi.2025.1743267

1,427 views

Review

Accepted on 12 Jan 2026

Gut Microbiota and Brain Aging: A Comparative Review of African and Western Populations

in Neurocognitive Aging and Behavior

Beulah Favour Ortutu
Abidemi Oluwasanmi Okin
Kwame Osei Darkwah
Uju Maryanne Onuorah
Abdulkadir Yusif Maigoro
Gideon O Iheme

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

373 views

Editorial

Published on 12 Jan 2026

Editorial: The early detection of neurodegenerative diseases: an aging perspective

in Neurocognitive Aging and Behavior

Paolo Abondio
Mirco Masi
Shaoyu Wang

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnagi.2025.1765664

700 views

Original Research

Published on 12 Jan 2026

Rewiring the aging brain: exergaming modulates brain complexity in older adults

in Neurocognitive Aging and Behavior

Daghan Piskin
Helen Müller
Nina Skjæret-Maroni
Beatrix Vereijken
Jochen Baumeister

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnagi.2025.1748274

853 views

Original Research

Published on 12 Jan 2026

Neural control of anticipatory braking and lateral balance predicts fall risk in older adults: BMI-dependent mechanisms

in Neurocognitive Aging and Behavior

Youjung Choi
Jiyoung Jeong
Hyungji Lee
Hyang Jun Lee
Ji Won Han
Ki Woong Kim

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnagi.2025.1699584

633 views

Original Research

Published on 12 Jan 2026

A 24-week multi-component exercise program improves cognition and body composition in older adults with mild cognitive impairment: a randomized controlled trial

in Neurocognitive Aging and Behavior

Danming Xu
Xiaochu Wu
Junming Dai
Qing Li
Zhi Wang
Yimin Huang
Yu Zhang
Junjie Cao
Bingxue Li
Yirong Dong

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnagi.2025.1711554

831 views

Original Research

Published on 12 Jan 2026

Identification and validation of an interpretable EEG-based machine learning model for the diagnosis of post-stroke cognitive impairment

in Neurocognitive Aging and Behavior

Xinyang Wang
Jian Song
Weicheng Kong
Wei Wei
Haoran Shi
Peitao Xu
Yuqing Zhao
Jiayu Cai
Xiehua Xue

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnagi.2025.1700771

816 views

Correction

Published on 12 Jan 2026

Correction: Differential effects of physical activity on behavioral and prefrontal responses during repetitive inhibitory control in older adults

in Neurocognitive Aging and Behavior

Jae-Hoon Lee
Minchul Lee
Min-Seong Ha

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnagi.2025.1768142

456 views

Original Research

Published on 09 Jan 2026

Cortical activation and functional connectivity between healthy elderly and Parkinson’s disease patients and between cognitive subgroups of Parkinson’s patients: a multichannel functional near-infrared spectroscopy study

in Neurocognitive Aging and Behavior

Xiaodie Liu
Shanshan Zhou
Wenyi Chen
Mengyuan Chen
Yawen Pan
Huabao Xie
Yinghao Zhi

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnagi.2025.1723770

676 views

Correction

Published on 08 Jan 2026

Correction: Construction and validation of a cognitive frailty risk prediction model for elderly patients with colorectal cancer

in Neurocognitive Aging and Behavior

Yu Wang
Li Wang
Yunhong Du
Xiaoye Ma
Lili Sun
Xiujie Zhang
Wenli Rong
Jianwei Li
Yao Shi
Wei Liu

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnagi.2025.1763134

730 views

Original Research

Published on 05 Jan 2026

Depressive symptoms mediate the relationship between cognitive reserve and cognitive performance in middle-aged and older Chinese adults: evidence from population-based and clinical PET cohorts including cognitively normal and cognitively impaired participants

in Neurocognitive Aging and Behavior

Yucheng Gu
Xiaoyuan Li
Nihong Chen
Feng Wang

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnagi.2025.1708268

1,152 views

Original Research

Published on 05 Jan 2026

Functional data analysis of heart rate variability from continuous ECG monitoring in older adults with and without mild cognitive impairment

in Neurocognitive Aging and Behavior

Jiyue Qin
Carol A. Derby
Grace Liu
Cuiling Wang
Richard P. Sloan

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnagi.2025.1707771

1,235 views

Original Research

Published on 18 Dec 2025

Body composition and cognitive function in Chinese rural adults: an exploratory factor analysis and network analysis

in Neurocognitive Aging and Behavior

Lei Wang
Hongjuan Liu
Xianfeng Meng
Zhengjiao Tuo
Yuning Zhou
Peiyi Wu
Enhui Wang
Yuxin Shen
Ziyi Wang
Caijiu Deng

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnagi.2025.1722050

1,085 views

Original Research

Published on 16 Dec 2025

Hippocampal T1WI radiomics- and clinical feature-based models for predicting early mild cognitive impairment in secondary hydrocephalus

in Neurocognitive Aging and Behavior

Xiaofeng Wang
Ziao Xu
Bohang Liu
Xuefei Ji
Liao Guan
Lei Ye
Hongwei Cheng

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnagi.2025.1672254

1,325 views

Original Research

Published on 12 Dec 2025

Challenges in neuropsychological improvement after shunt surgery for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus

in Neurocognitive Aging and Behavior

Ondřej Rýdlo
Adéla Bubeníková
Petr Skalický
Klára Häcklová
Robért Leško
Aleš Vlasák
Hana Georgi
Ondřej Bradáč

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnagi.2025.1725486

1,431 views

Original Research

Published on 09 Dec 2025

Character-level linguistic biomarkers for precision assessment of cognitive decline: a symbolic recurrence approach

in Neurocognitive Aging and Behavior

Kevin Mekulu
Faisal Aqlan
Hui Yang

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnagi.2025.1681124

1,001 views
1 citation

Brief Research Report

Published on 09 Dec 2025

The cerebellar-related cognitive function is sensitive to aging: implications for early detection

in Neurocognitive Aging and Behavior

Qianying Ma
Min Pu
Meijia Li
Ling Liu
Ruilin Wu

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnagi.2025.1679443

936 views

Original Research

Published on 08 Dec 2025

Cognitive impairment and dependency in activities of daily living: a cross-lagged analysis

in Neurocognitive Aging and Behavior

Xuewei Fu
Shuming Ji
Jiafeng Li
Ting Chen
Xuhuan Liu
Weihong Kuang

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnagi.2025.1663237

1,134 views

Original Research

Published on 08 Dec 2025

The impact of neighborhood environment on physical activity among older adults: chain mediating roles of self-efficacy and outcome expectations

in Neurocognitive Aging and Behavior

Lei Ying
Qingqing Yang
Jizhe Yu
Xiaoyun Liao
Wenming Fan

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnagi.2025.1730899

920 views

Systematic Review

Published on 05 Dec 2025

The effect of mind–body exercise on cognitive function and neuroplasticity in elderly people with mild cognitive impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis

in Neurocognitive Aging and Behavior

Huifang Tian
Xi Yang
Jiahuan Li
Yuqi Cheng
Shui Tian
Fanfan Meng
Qinqin Zhu
Ying Shen
Tong Wang
Chuan Guo

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnagi.2025.1683808

1,793 views
1 citation

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After cochlear implantation in older adults, enhanced working memory does not fully mediate the relationship between CI and improved semantic fluency

Polarity-dependent modulation of sleep oscillations and cortical excitability in aging

Cardiorespiratory fitness does not predict longitudinal changes in manual dexterity, cognition or corticospinal excitability in multiple sclerosis

Correlation between blood biomarkers and post-stroke cognitive impairment

Influence of anesthetic agent and burst suppression on postoperative delirium in elderly patients: a prospective cohort study with automated EEG analysis

Gut Microbiota and Brain Aging: A Comparative Review of African and Western Populations

Editorial: The early detection of neurodegenerative diseases: an aging perspective

Rewiring the aging brain: exergaming modulates brain complexity in older adults

Neural control of anticipatory braking and lateral balance predicts fall risk in older adults: BMI-dependent mechanisms

A 24-week multi-component exercise program improves cognition and body composition in older adults with mild cognitive impairment: a randomized controlled trial

Identification and validation of an interpretable EEG-based machine learning model for the diagnosis of post-stroke cognitive impairment

Correction: Differential effects of physical activity on behavioral and prefrontal responses during repetitive inhibitory control in older adults

Cortical activation and functional connectivity between healthy elderly and Parkinson’s disease patients and between cognitive subgroups of Parkinson’s patients: a multichannel functional near-infrared spectroscopy study

Correction: Construction and validation of a cognitive frailty risk prediction model for elderly patients with colorectal cancer

Depressive symptoms mediate the relationship between cognitive reserve and cognitive performance in middle-aged and older Chinese adults: evidence from population-based and clinical PET cohorts including cognitively normal and cognitively impaired participants

Functional data analysis of heart rate variability from continuous ECG monitoring in older adults with and without mild cognitive impairment

Body composition and cognitive function in Chinese rural adults: an exploratory factor analysis and network analysis

Hippocampal T1WI radiomics- and clinical feature-based models for predicting early mild cognitive impairment in secondary hydrocephalus

Challenges in neuropsychological improvement after shunt surgery for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus

Character-level linguistic biomarkers for precision assessment of cognitive decline: a symbolic recurrence approach

The cerebellar-related cognitive function is sensitive to aging: implications for early detection

Cognitive impairment and dependency in activities of daily living: a cross-lagged analysis

The impact of neighborhood environment on physical activity among older adults: chain mediating roles of self-efficacy and outcome expectations

The effect of mind–body exercise on cognitive function and neuroplasticity in elderly people with mild cognitive impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis