Physical activity and cognition reviews/large studies, including optimal exercise dose for cognitive benefits:

Exercise for Cognitive Brain Health in Aging: A Systematic Review for an Evaluation of Dose
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Genetic Insights into the Causal Relationship Between Physical Activity and Cognitive Functioning
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Fitness Effects on the Cognitive Function of Older Adults: A Meta-Analytic Study
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Aerobic Exercise and Neurocognitive Performance: A Meta-Analytic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials
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Optimal Dose and Type of Exercise to Improve Cognitive Function in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Bayesian Model-Based Network Meta-Analysis of RCTs
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Low-Intensity Daily Walking Activity is Associated with Hippocampal Volume in Older Adults
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Physical Exercise and Cognitive Function Across the Life Span: Results of a Nationwide Population-Based Study
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Physical Activity and Cognitive Function in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: An Analysis of 104,909 People From 20 Countries
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Relationship Between Physical Activity and Cognitive Function in Apparently Healthy Young to Middle-Aged Adults: A Systematic Review
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Timing of Physical Activity Across Adulthood on Later-Life Cognition: 30 Years Follow-Up in the 1946 British Birth Cohort
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Effect of Regular Resistance Training on Memory in Older Adults: A Systematic Review
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A Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials of Physical Activity in People with Alzheimer's Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment with A Comparison to Donepezil
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Effects of physical activity on brain volume and functional activation patterns:

Exercise Training Increases Size of Hippocampus and Improves Memory
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Aerobic Exercise Intervention, Cognitive Performance, and Brain Structure: Results from the Physical Influences on Brain in Aging (PHIBRA) Study
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Effects of Exercise Modes on Neural Processing of Working Memory in Late Middle-Aged Adults: An fMRI Study
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The Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Corpus Callosum Integrity: A Systematic Review
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Hippocampal Sub-Regional Shape and Physical Activity in Older Adults
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Activation of the Orbitofrontal Cortex By Both Meditation and Exercise: A Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study
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White Matter Plasticity in Healthy Older Adults: The Effects of Aerobic Exercise
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Physical activity and association with reduced dementia risk:

Dementia Prevention, Intervention, and Care: 2020 Report of the Lancet Commission
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Association of Daily Step Count and Intensity With Incident Dementia in 78 430 Adults Living in the UK
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Physical Activity, APOE Genotype, and Dementia Risk: Findings from the Cardiovascular Health Cognition Study
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Midlife Cardiovascular Fitness and Dementia: A 44-year Longitudinal Population Study in Women
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Physical Activity and Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Review
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Cognitive benefits of acute periods of exercise:

Acute Exercise Improves Prefrontal Cortex but Not Hippocampal Function in Healthy Adults
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Systematic Review of the Acute and Chronic Effects of High-Intensity Interval Training on Executive Function Across the Lifespan
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The Effects of a Resistance vs. an Aerobic Single Session on Attention and Executive Functioning in Adults
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The Effects of Acute Exercise on Mood, Cognition, Neurophysiology, and Neurochemical Pathways: A Review
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Effects of physical activity on neurotrophic factors and inflammation:

A Meta-Analytic Review of the Effects of Exercise on Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
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The Positive Cognitive Impact of Aerobic Fitness is Associated with Peripheral Inflammatory and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Biomarkers in Young Adults
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Effect of Leisure Activities on Inflammation and Cognitive Function in an Aging Sample
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Updated Overview on Interplay Between Physical Exercise, Neurotrophins, and Cognitive Function in Humans
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Harnessing the Effects of Endurance Exercise To Optimize Cognitive Health: Fundamental Insights From Dr. Mark P. Mattson
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Physical Exercise and Health: A Focus on Its Protective Role in Neurodegenerative Diseases
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Frequency of social activity

Associations Between Longitudinal Trajectories of Cognitive and Social Activities and Brain Health in Old Age
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A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging Studies Investigating Cognitive and Social Activity Levels in Older Adults
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Greater Social Engagement and Greater Gray Matter Microstructural Integrity in Brain Regions Relevant to Dementia
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Longitudinal Evidence for the Effects of Social Group Engagement on the Cognitive and Mental Health of Chinese Retirees
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Social networks

The Effect of Social Networks on the Relation Between Alzheimer's Disease Pathology and Level of Cognitive Function in Old People: A Longitudinal Cohort Study
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Social Network Characteristics and Cognitive Functioning in Ethnically Diverse Older Adults: The Role of Network Size and Composition
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The Relation of Close Friends to Cognitive Performance in Old Age: The Mediating Role of Leisure Activities
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Social Network Characteristics Moderate Associations Between Cortical Thickness and Cognitive Functioning in Older Adults
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Social Relations and Age-Related Change in Memory
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Social Support

The Impact of Social Activities, Social Networks, Social Support and Social Relationships on the Cognitive Functioning of Healthy Older Adults: A Systematic Review
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Which Aspects of Social Support Are Associated With Which Cognitive Abilities for Which People?
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The Interactive Effects of Education and Social Support on Cognition in African Americans
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Associations Between Social Relationship Measures, Serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, and Risk of Stroke and Dementia
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Associations Between Longitudinal Trajectories of Cognitive and Social Activities and Brain Health in Old Age
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Continuing Education for the Prevention of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s-Type Dementia: A Systematic Review and Overview of Systematic Reviews
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A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging Studies Investigating Cognitive and Social Activity Levels in Older Adults
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Association of Lifetime Cognitive Engagement and Low β-Amyloid Deposition
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Lifecourse Activity Participation From Early, Mid, and Later Adulthood as Determinants of Cognitive Aging: The Lothian Birth Cohort 1921
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Lifestyle Activities and Memory: Variety May Be the Spice of Life. The Women's Health and Aging Study II
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Late-Life Physical and Cognitive Activities Independently Contribute to Brain and Cognitive Resilience
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Cognitive Leisure Activities and Future Risk of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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Specific cognitive/leisure activities

Leisure Activities and the Risk of Dementia in the Elderly
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Playing a Musical Instrument as a Protective Factor against Dementia and Cognitive Impairment: A Population-Based Twin Study
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Association of Crossword Puzzle Participation with Memory Decline in Persons Who Develop Dementia
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The Relation Between Instrumental Musical Activity and Cognitive Aging
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Cognitive Activities and Cognitive Performance in Middle-Aged Adults at Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease
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Mediterranean-style diet

Mediterranean Diet and Age-Related Cognitive Decline: A Randomized Clinical Trial
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Mediterranean Diet, Alzheimer Disease Biomarkers and Brain Atrophy in Old Age
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Mediterranean Diet and 3-year Alzheimer Brain Biomarker Changes in Middle-Aged Adults
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Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Academic Performance in Youth: The UP&DOWN Study
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Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Academic Performance in Adolescents: Does BMI Status Moderate This Association?
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Association of Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay and Mediterranean Diets With Alzheimer Disease Pathology
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MIND diet

MIND Diet Slows Cognitive Decline With Aging
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MIND Diet Associated With Reduced Incidence of Alzheimer's Disease
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MIND Diet, Common Brain Pathologies, and Cognition in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
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Association of Long-Term Adherence to The MIND Diet With Cognitive Function and Cognitive Decline in American Women
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The Mediterranean, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH), and Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) Diets Are Associated with Less Cognitive Decline and a Lower Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease—A Review
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Specific dietary components

Association of Dietary Intake of Flavonols With Changes in Global Cognition and Several Cognitive Abilities
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Pelargonidin and Berry Intake Association with Alzheimer's Disease Neuropathology: A Community-Based Study
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Effects of Oily Fish Intake on Cognitive and Socioemotional Function in Healthy 8-9-Year-Old Children: The FiSK Junior Randomized Trial
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Regular Fish Consumption and Age-Related Brain Gray Matter Loss
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Higher RBC EPA + DHA Corresponds with Larger Total Brain and Hippocampal Volumes: WHIMS-MRI Study
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Cognitive Reserve and Social Capital Accrued in Early and Midlife Moderate the Relation of Psychological Stress to Cognitive Performance in Old Age
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Cognitive Reappraisal of Emotion: A Meta-Analysis of Human Neuroimaging Studies

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8-week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Induces Brain Changes Similar to Traditional Long-Term Meditation Practice – A Systematic Review
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Mindfulness Practice Leads to Increases in Regional Brain Gray Matter Density
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Activation of the Orbitofrontal Cortex By Both Meditation and Exercise: A Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study
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Mindfulness and Attention: Current State-of-Affairs and Future Considerations
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Meditation is Associated with Increased Brain Network Integration
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Brief, Daily Meditation Enhances Attention, Memory, Mood, and Emotional Regulation in Non-Experienced Meditators
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In adulthood

National Sleep Foundation’s Sleep Time Duration Recommendations: Methodology and Results Summary
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The Interconnected Causes and Consequences of Sleep in the Brain
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Change in Sleep Duration and Cognitive Function: Findings from the Whitehall II Study
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Subjectively and Objectively Measured Sleep Predict Differing Aspects of Cognitive Functioning in Adults
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Association of Sleep Duration in Middle and Old Age with Incidence of Dementia
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Sleep Disturbances Increase the Risk of Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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In childhood/adolescence

Impact of Delaying School Start Time on Adolescent Sleep, Mood, and Behavior
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Longitudinal Outcomes of Start Time Delay on Sleep, Behavior, and Achievement in High School
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Sleepmore in Seattle: Later school start times are associated with more sleep and better performance in high school students
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Sleep, Cognition, and Behavioral Problems in School-Age Children: A Century of Research Meta-Analyzed
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A 2 Year Multidomain Intervention of Diet, Exercise, Cognitive Training, and Vascular Risk Monitoring Versus Control to Prevent Cognitive Decline in At-Risk Elderly People (FINGER): A Randomised Controlled Trial
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The Effect of Multidomain Lifestyle Intervention on Daily Functioning in Older People
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Multidomain Interventions to Prevent Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia: From FINGER to World-Wide FINGERS
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Effect of the Apolipoprotein E Genotype on Cognitive Change During a Multidomain Lifestyle Intervention: A Subgroup Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial
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Lifestyle Activities in Mid-Life Contribute to Cognitive Reserve in Late-Life, Independent of Education, Occupation, and Late-Life Activities
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An Active Lifestyle Reinforces the Effect of a Healthy Diet on Cognitive Function: A Population-Based Longitudinal Study
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Lifecourse Activity Participation From Early, Mid, and Later Adulthood as Determinants of Cognitive Aging: The Lothian Birth Cohort 1921
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The Relationship Between Physical Activity and Diet and Young Children's Cognitive Development: A Systematic Review
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Effect of a Purpose in Life on Risk of Incident Alzheimer Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment in Community-Dwelling Older Persons
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Relationship of Purpose in Life to Dementia in Older Black and White Brazilians
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Effect of Purpose in Life on the Relation Between Alzheimer Disease Pathologic Changes on Cognitive Function in Advanced Age
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Psychosocial Factors Associated with Cognitive Function Among Middle-Aged and Older Hispanics/Latinos: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos and its Sociocultural Ancillary Study
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Purpose in Life and Cerebral Infarcts in Community-Dwelling Older People
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