A new study in expert birders suggests that becoming an expert in a given field could help slow down cognitive decline.

A new study found people who completed cognitive speed training sessions were 25% less likely to be diagnosed with dementia ...

Will AI lead to the "de-skilling" of doctors or create a generation of "never-skilled" ones? Here's how to mitigate the risk ...

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer A new study found that brain training exercises may reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.Specifically, a speed training intervention cut dementia risk by about ...

In a long-running RCT, older adults who completed adaptive speed-of-processing training with boosters were less likely to ...

Heavy leg exercises may increase production of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a protein that supports the growth and maintenance of nerves in the brain, Carbone said. This process, called ...

A certain type of brain training appears to prevent or delay dementia by some 25% in people older than age 65, according to ...

A simple brain-training program that sharpens how quickly older adults process visual information may have a surprisingly powerful long-term payoff. In a major 20-year study of adults 65 and older, ...

Adults age 65 and older who completed five to six weeks of cognitive speed training — in this case, speed of processing training, which helps people quickly find visual information on a computer ...

As we continue to make strides in understanding the brain–its strengths and weaknesses, how it develops, and its incredible potential–one idea has continued to strike conversation: the profound ...

Improving blood flow to the brain by opening a narrowed neck artery may not improve patients' cognitive skills, according to a preliminary late-breaking science presentation at the American Stroke ...

A recent study shows a new approach called Perceptual Attention Therapy (PATH) restores attention, memory and reading skills faster than standard therapies. Here, MEG brain imaging provides evidence ...