For the growing population of people living with Alzheimer's Disease, it remains unclear which assistive technologies are best suited for specific stages of the illness. To provide a snapshot of available options, researchers conducted a scoping review of peer-reviewed research from four databases, mapping technologies across the seven stages of the disease.

Mirjan, N., Zecevic, A., & Shoemaker, L. (2026). Mapping assistive technologies along the progression of Alzheimer's disease: A scoping review. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 143, 106142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2026.106142   Aleksandra A. Zecevic

There is a lack of a comprehensive synthesis of the literature on how digital mental health tools with artificial intelligence (AI) are used for mental health management and to facilitate access to care. To explore this, researchers conducted a scoping review of studies published from 2020 onward that involved the general public, clinical populations, or healthcare providers.

Yurkiv, H., Booth, R., Garnett, A., & McIntyre, A. (2026). AI-Enabled Digital Mental Health Modalities for Mental Health Management and Mental Health Access across Mental Health Care Providers, General Public, and Clinical Populations: Scoping Review (Preprint). JMIR Publications Inc.. https://doi.org/10.2196/preprints.105389   Anna Garnett

This research addressed the need to characterize meaningful responses to speech-language intervention for people with primary progressive aphasia, a condition that causes progressive language impairment. Researchers analyzed data from fifty participants with PPA, each with three individualized communication goals, to examine responder patterns over time.

Rogalski, E., Fegter, O., Roberts, A. C., Bona, M., Cummings, E., Esparza, M., Polley, E., & Rademaker, A. (2026). Person‐centered intervention response in primary progressive aphasia: A secondary analysis of the Communication Bridge‐2 randomized clinical trial. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/trc2.70283   Angela Roberts

Age-related shrinkage of the brain's hippocampus is associated with cognitive decline and difficulty understanding speech in noise, but the involvement of its specific subfields in hearing-related differences is unknown. To examine this, researchers used MRI scanning along with audiological and cognitive assessments in younger and older adults.

MacPhee, I. X., Goheen, J., Sekeres, M. J., Kousaie, S., & Anderson, J. A. (2026). How cognition and hearing-related measures covary with hippocampal subfield features from structural MRI in younger and older adults. Neurobiology of Aging, 167, 95-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2026.06.007   John Anderson

This research examined whether psychological factors help explain why some adults with acute low back pain develop future disability. The study analyzed data from 120 adults by measuring their initial pain intensity, followed by their psychological state at three months and any related disability at six months.

Jenkins, L. C., Bilska, K., Cashin, A. G., Chang, W. J., Nicholas, M., McAuley, J. H., & Schabrun, S. M. (2026). Negative affect, catastrophizing, and self-efficacy during transition from acute episode of low back pain to future disability: a causal mediation analysis of the Understanding persistent Pain Where it ResiDes longitudinal cohort study. Pain. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000004023   Siobhan Schabrun