Brain Fog & Dementia: The Science on the Cognitive Impacts of Migraine
Key Questions
- How is “brain fog” experienced or defined?
- Which cognitive skills does migraine disease most commonly affect?
- Can stress or emotion affect cognitive performance?
- Do cognitive difficulties occur only during migraine attacks, or do they also appear between attacks?
- Is there evidence that having migraine disease increases the risk of dementia?
- Can medications used to treat migraine disease alter cognitive function?
- How do cognitive symptoms interfere with day-to-day functioning?
- Do cognitive symptoms improve when migraine disease is under control?
- What lifestyle habits help to protect brain health?
- Has cognitive rehabilitation been studied in people with migraine disease?
Laura (Libby) Sebrow, PhD
Clinical Neuropsychologist
Independent Clinical Practice
Dr. Laura (Libby) Sebrow earned her PhD in clinical psychology, with a health emphasis and a minor in clinical neuropsychology from Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University. She is a graduate of Dr. Elizabeth Seng’s Headache and Adherence Lab and recently completed her clinical neuropsychology postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Neurology at North Shore University Hospital, Northwell Health.
As a clinical neuropsychologist, her clinical and research interests focus on integrating neuropsychology into headache care, with a particular emphasis on increasing understanding of cognitive functioning in migraine. She also serves as an assistant editor for Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain.
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