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 ...

A simple brain-training exercise could reduce people's risk of developing dementia by 25 percent, a study said Monday, but ...

Speed training your brain could help delay developing dementia by years, according to a recent National Institutes of Health ...

A long-running study following thousands of older adults suggests that a relatively brief period of targeted brain training ...

A decades-long federal study is drawing renewed attention after researchers reported that certain brain training exercises may reduce the risk of dementia years later.

Certain types of brain-training exercises could lower the risk of dementia by about 25%, according to new research connected to a long-running study supported by the National Institutes of Health.

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

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, ...

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

The connection between physical movement and brain function has emerged as one of neuroscience’s most significant discoveries. The human brain, despite representing only 2% of body weight, consumes ...

The work reveals that the brain — in mice and, presumably, in humans — is actively involved in the development of endurance, the ability to get better at a physical activity with repeated practice, ...