• Reduced perceived exertion: A key psychological benefit of VR is its ability to distract the brain from physical discomfort ...

Simple steps like eating brain-nourishing food, taking brain-boosting supplements like Cognizin citicoline, protecting your ...

Science’s success at staving off death from heart disease or cancer has made another diagnosis more likely: Dementia.

A certain type of brain training appears to prevent or delay dementia by some 25% in people older than age 65, according to new research.Surprisingly, it wasn't memory or problem-solving tasks that ...

New government-backed research suggests an “unconscious” brain exercise may do more to shield aging minds from dementia better than old-school memory games. “This study gives us real, tangible ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A specific game could help lower your dementia risk. (MoMo Productions via Getty Images) Many people try puzzles or brain-training ...

As we age, keeping the brain active is just as important as staying physically fit. While crossword puzzles and Sudoku are classics, there’s a wide world of fun and effective brain games out there ...

A new study led by investigators from Mass General Brigham shows that a brain waste- "clean-up" system is influenced by intracranial pressure. The system, called the glymphatic system, was ...

Brain scans show that recalling facts and reliving past experiences activate the same brain regions. The result overturns long-standing ideas about memory and suggests the brain treats different kinds ...

Babies of every species from mouse to human rapidly forget things that happen to them-an effect called infantile amnesia. A type of brain immune cell called microglia might control this type of ...

When I was a high school student, my maternal grandmother was diagnosed with dementia. This became a reality after her husband died. My mom moved her into our home thinking we might be able to keep ...

A massive international brain study has revealed that memory decline with age isn’t driven by a single brain region or gene, but by widespread structural changes across the brain that build up over ...