Nuno Freitas, Ph.D., is a cognitive neuroscientist whose interests span brain structure and function, neuroplasticity, cognitive aging, and the neural basis of intelligence. He contributed to the development of the Jouve-Cerebrals Crystallized Educational Scale (JCCES), one of the foundational assessments in the Cogn-IQ battery. His current interests include how biological and environmental factors — from genetics and epigenetics to air pollution and gut microbiota — shape brain health across the lifespan. He writes on topics including the neuroscience of cognitive decline, environmental neurotoxicology, the gut-brain axis, and evidence-based strategies for maintaining cognitive performance.
Nuno Freitas, Ph.D.
Cognitive Neuroscientist
Articles (28)
- Sleep Deprivation and Cognitive Performance
- Mindfulness and Cognition: What Controlled Studies Show
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Cognition
- Loneliness and Cognitive Decline: How Big Is the Risk?
- Caffeine and Cognitive Performance
- How to Prevent Cognitive Decline
- Neuroplasticity: How the Brain Rewires
- Alcohol and the Brain: Effects on Cognition
- Chronic Stress and Cognitive Function
- Brain Foods for Students: Focus and Memory
- How Air Pollution Affects the Brain
- Acute Cognitive Effects of Exercise
- Physical Activity and Cognitive Health
- Heritability of Intelligence: Twin Studies and Beyond
- Prenatal Phthalate Exposure and Brain Development
- AMES Test: Self-Administered Cognitive Screening
- GALAMM Models of Cognitive and Brain Development
- Eye Movement Models of Decision Making
- CORD7 Mutation and Human Cognition
- Post-COVID Cognitive Deficits in Adults
- Penicillin Exposure: Gut Microbiome and Brain Genes
- Gut Microbiota and Infant Neurodevelopment
- Decision Acuity and Mental Health
- White Matter Microstructure and Cognition
- Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and Child Brain Development
- Epigenetics and IQ Malleability
- Depression and Memory: How Mood Affects Cognition
- Reaction Time and Intelligence