You can get involved in a number of routine and leisure activities in and around the home. These are just a few ideas. Some will be familiar and there may be others that you have not tried before. You ...

The hours you spend tracing countries on a globe or puzzling over a chessboard may add up to more than idle time. According ...

Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias were less likely among adults who completed cognitive speed training with booster sessions, according to data published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: ...

The survey, one of the largest of its kind, promotes the idea that the texture of daily life can leave a measurable imprint on the aging brain.

Activities like learning a new language as a child or reading, writing, and playing board games later in life all had an impact on Alzheimer’s risk.

July 12, 2010 (Honolulu, Hawaii) — A new analysis from the Framingham Study suggests moderate to heavy physical activity is associated with a reduced risk for dementia during more than 20 years of ...

Intellectual enrichment throughout the lifespan tied to higher cognitive function ...

The new study says that engaging in activities like reading, writing and learning a language can help to lower the risk of ...

Does sustaining an active lifestyle in midlife lower the risk of dementia? In a February 2019 study highlighted in Neurology, researchers reported that staying both physically and mentally active in ...

After new research into so called "super agers," neurogenesis, and Alzheimer's was published in a major journal, ABC4 spoke to one of the researchers to understand what it might mean for you.