Regular creative activity is linked to a younger-looking brain and slower brain aging, according to a large international brain-imaging analysis.

A new study suggests creativity can significantly delay brain aging. Engaging in activities like dancing, playing music, ...

A brain exercise a day might keep you current—it might even revive your brain chemistry. In a landmark clinical trial led by McGill University, researchers discovered that ten weeks of brain training ...

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New research has charted the major developmental stages in the brain’s wiring—from early-life pruning to late-life network ...

Playing music, dancing, creating art - and even playing some types of video games - aren’t just immersive and emotionally ...

If age is a state of mind, this is when the mind begins to decline. A new study has revealed that brain aging peaks at three distinct ages: 57, 70 and 78. The research, published in Nature this month, ...

The last turning point comes around age 83. The data for this final era is more limited, but the defining feature is a shift ...

The difference between the brain's predicted age and actual chronological age, called a brain age gap, may influence the relationship between cognitive impairment risk factors, like high blood ...