New research published in the Journal of Cognitive Enhancement has found that older adults who regularly participated in mentally challenging activities, such as reading or puzzles, maintained higher ...

Brain-training games may have cognitive benefits, but other challenging activities are proven to help our brains function at ...

Isha Bhonde, an experienced physical therapist and advocate for holistic elder care, has been exploring how physical therapy ...

But while board games can be good for the brain, they offer much more than a way to build up specific, isolated skills. They can also be transformative for our social and mental wellbeing – as shown ...

The experiment will take about two hours, during which you'll complete cognitive effort tasks (n-back memory task) and make choices about how much mental effort you would exert for specified amounts ...

was associated with slower cognitive decline for up to 6 years in older adults with major depressive disorder that is in remission (rMDD), mild cognitive impairment (MCI), or both, new research ...

Some 2.3 million of U.S. adults over 65—more than 4 ... Whether brain games meet their end goal of lasting cognitive improvement across a number of areas is still highly debated among psychologists.

The makers of brain-training apps and games claim their products ... Advertisement We are cognitive neuroscientists who focus on brain health across the adult lifespan. We study how the brain ...