A large, long-term study found that playing a brain training video game may help protect the brain against dementia for ...

A 20-year study found brain games that boost speed and split attention helped prevent Alzheimer’s and other dementias.

A decades-long trial found that speed-based cognitive training was linked to significantly lower dementia rates ...

The researchers found that older adults who completed a specific speed-training exercise were significantly less likely to develop dementia. Others aren’t so sure.

A new study that followed participants for two decades found some were up to a quarter less likely to develop a memory ...

Forget crossword puzzles. New government-backed research suggests an “unconscious” brain exercise may do more to shield aging ...

Researchers tracked more than 2,800 older adults for 20 years to assess whether brain-training exercises could lower the risk of dementia.

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 ...

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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 ...