These include quitting smoking and properly managing blood pressure. In addition to these lifestyle changes, many people are turning to brain-training games, which claim to optimize your brain’s ...

Brain-training games remain unproven, but research shows what sorts of activities do benefit cognitive functioning.

New research highlights middle age as a pivotal period for brain health, with significant changes in how cells remove damaged mitochondria. Defects in this recycling process have been linked to ...

Or, in non-researcher-speak, regular resistance training improves the health of your hippocampus, the part of your brain ...

Some 2.3 million of U.S. adults over 65—more than 4%—have a diagnosis of dementia. But even without a diagnosis, a certain ...

Everyday physical activities, from light chores to intense exercise, provide immediate cognitive benefits for middle-aged ...