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

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With my hand cramping on the mouse, I’d push my face close to the glass of the monitor so I could devote brain-surgeon levels ... playing board games like Risk and Omaha Beachhead and poring ...

At Monday’s ceremony fellow Hall of Famer Chris Pronger joked he’d fenced with Campbell and his committee. “With any changes there will be some detractors,” Pronger said. “But it was for the good of ...

Having experienced both, I can say that losing someone all at once feels very different than watching parts of them gradually ...

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 ...

Research shows it helping delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease by up to five years compared to monolingual adults. This is one of several lifestyle factors that may contribute to brain ...

Nov. 12, 2024 — Glioblastoma is the most common kind of malignant brain tumor in adults. So far, no treatment has been able to make this aggressive tumor permanently disappear. The tumor cells ...

July 8, 2024 — Research found the choroid plexus and cerebrospinal fluid play a key role in maintaining a pool of newly born neurons to repair the adult brain after ... Safer, Swifter ...

Human childbirth may not be complicated due to our need for large brains and pelvises suitable for upright walking, referred to as the "obstetrical dilemma", according to research published in the ...