Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Brain games have become a popular way to sharpen cognitive skills, especially as you age.Research shows brain games can improve specific skills in the game itself, but ...

Memory games aren’t just for kids — they’re powerful tools to keep your brain sharp, improve recall, and build mental flexibility. Research shows they can lower dementia risk, strengthen neural ...

A certain type of brain training appears to prevent or delay dementia by some 25% in people older than age 65, according to new research. Surprisingly, it wasn’t memory or problem-solving tasks that ...

You walk into a room and forget why you’re there. Names evaporate right after introductions. We’ve all been there before. It’s frustrating, yes, but it doesn’t mean inevitable decline—especially if ...

A recent article in the New York Times by neuroscientist Daniel Levitin, “Everyone Knows Memory Fails as You Age. But Everyone is Wrong,” argues that memory difficulties are quite common and do not ...