A groundbreaking 20-year study shows that just five weeks of a specific type of brain training can reduce dementia risk by 25%. Here's why this particular mental exercise succeeds where crossword ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brain-training games sell themselves as a way to maintain cognitive function, but the evidence isn't there yet. Eva-Katalin/E+ via ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you’re learning something new, your brain is using acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter that has been shown to be deficient in ...

In TODAY.com's Expert Tip of The Day, a neurologist and Alzheimer's researcher shares how playing cognitive speed training ...

In recent years, brain-training apps and cognitive games have become a familiar part of modern wellness culture. From ...

Brain training games are games that allow players to complete tasks that practice specific cognitive skills that exercise their memory, attention span, logic, and fast thinking. Brain training ...

Some 2.3 million U.S. adults over 65 — more than 4% — have a diagnosis of dementia. But even without a diagnosis, a certain amount of cognitive decline is normal as age sets in. Whether it’s due to ...

Online brain-training games can improve memory in older people, a new study has revealed. Researchers at McGill University led a clinical trial of 92 healthy adults aged 65 and older. Participants ...

Game-based training improves not only the cognitive abilities of people with initial signs of developing dementia, but also leads to positive changes in the brain. That is according to two new studies ...

With age comes a natural decline in cognitive function, even among otherwise healthy adults without dementia. A new study finds that a cognitive training program may boost production of a brain ...

Some 2.3 million of U.S. adults older than 65 — more than 4% — have a diagnosis of dementia. But even without a diagnosis, a certain amount of cognitive decline is normal as age sets in. And whether ...