One may dismiss it as a pass time, but brain exercises are now emerging as powerful tools for preserving your cognitive ...

A 20-year study reveals that "speed of processing" brain training can reduce the risk of dementia by 25% in older adults.

Decades of research has found that exercise is helpful for overall health and fitness, doing everything from lowering your risk of heart disease to helping you sleep better. According to a new study, ...

A growing body of research now points to a handful of ordinary habits that could push back the onset of Alzheimer’s disease ...

Conducting a meta-analysis of 3,000 patients over 36 studies (carefully vetted from more than 1,200 studies in all), psychologists were able to find that specific exercise helps episodic memory -- 3 ...

A daily dose of exercise is good for both mind and body, but how much is enough? To find out, researchers from the University of California, Irvine (UCI) examined more than 50 adults between the ages ...

A straightforward nightly activity may act as a memory-boosting tool, a new study has revealed. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. Writing down just five events from the ...

Until now, systemic biomarkers to measure exercise effects on brain function and that link to relevant metabolic responses were lacking. A study shows a memory biomarker, myokine Cathepsin B (CTSB), ...