About Us
What is Cogtale?
CogTale is a comprehensive database and repository which provides easy access to information about the results from trials in the field of cognitive interventions for older adults.
CogTale hopes to provide researchers and members of the public with clear, evidence-based information to help answer questions about cognitive interventions.
With Cogtale, you can:
Perform a Literature search on topics related to Cognitive Treatments for older adults. Information about methodological features, risk of bias and summary of results are published and easy to access for each study.
Select studies to combine to create an automatic meta-analysis and have a report sent to you with the results.
Browse our resources to find information about cognitive treatments for older adults.
CogTale is currently in a ‘pilot’ phase (Beta Release), which means that data and articles are being continuously added to the platform, and the website is subject to regular change.
Meet the CogTale team
Our team consists of leading clinical researchers located around the world, passionate about developing effective lifestyle interventions to prevent or minimise cognitive decline.

Alex Bahar-Fuchs, Ph.D.
Project Director
Deakin University, Australia

Benjamin Hampstead, Ph.D., ABPP/CN
The University of Michigan, USA

Sylvie Belleville, Ph.D.
Université de Montreal, Canada

Tzvi Dwolatzky, MD
Rambam Health Care, Israel

Sharon Sanz-Simon, Ph.D.

Amit Lampit, Ph.D.
University of Melbourne, Australia

Courtney Chesser, BPsy (Hons)
Deakin University, Australia
Advisory Board
CogTale has an advisory board consisting of clinicians, research experts in the field of cognitive-oriented interventions, media personnel, and consumer representatives.
Support
CogTale is a not-for-profit project. CogTale is currently funded through a National Insitute of Health (NIH) R35 subaward. Dr. Bahar-Fuchs was previously supported by the Dementia Australia Research Foundation (formerly Alzheimer’s Australia Dementia Research Foundation), the Dementia Centre for Research Collaboration (DCRC) and a Boosting Dementia Leadership Research Fellowship from the National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia, to establish the beta version of this platform. More funding is required to maintain and improve the existing platform and to continuously enter new content. Should you wish to provide support (one-off or ongoing) to the CogTale program, please get in touch, via our contact form.
How can I use CogTale?

Search our database and perform a meta analysis.

Want to learn more about Evidence Synthesis?

Citizen briefings: summaries of recent findings.