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

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

Cognitive training exercises can help older adults maintain or improve certain mental skills, such as memory and attention. Such training can also lead to improvements in cognitive abilities not ...

A group of researchers has found that rats are not just capable of operating tiny cars but seem to thoroughly enjoy the ...

A study reveals that young adults outpace children in learning new motor skills. However, they also lose these skills faster.

Older adults who completed 10 to 14 sessions of cognitive training saw improved cognition, memory, and processing skills. After 10 years, most study participants reported they could complete daily ...

Will solving Sudoku help stave off Alzheimer's? It makes sense in theory, but there are many variables and results are almost ...

In supporting the Department of Defense and the Army’s Warfighter Brain Health Initiative, members of the U.S. Army Office of ...

These brain changes were linked to the cognitive improvements after weight lifting. The cognitive training and placebo ...