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Neuropsychology Team.
and pathological aging (ImageH)”, led by Dr. Jaime Gómez-Ramírez, Neuroim- aging department of the CIEN Foundation. In addition, in September 2019, Javier Quilis Sancho (Dr. in Physics) was hired under this PILEP+90 subproject.
The results of PILEP+90 will allow obtaining reliable data on the prevalence of cog- nitively healthy and cognitively impaired long-lived people, as well as validating a battery of clinical tests to study the elderly. In addition, thanks to the combi- nation and exploitation through machine learning techniques of demographic, lifestyle, clinical, cognitive and neuroimaging data collected in the study, PILEP+90 is expected to help delay the effects of cognitive aging, to reduce the risk of de- veloping dementia, promote the level of functional independence and increase the quality of life of all older people
4. Study of non-pharmacological therapies for the prevention and modification of the course of Alzheimer’s disease
Non-pharmacological interventions have usually three specific objectives: to stimulate cognitive processes, promote the level of autonomy and, ultimately, increase the quality of life of individuals. These interventions can be carried out both in healthy elderly people, in order to prevent the onset of cognitive impairment, as well as in patients with cognitive impairment, to try to modify the course of the disease. Among the most used non-pharmacological inter- ventions, changes in lifestyle, especially regarding diet, physical exercise, and cognitive training stand out.