A growing body of research suggests exercise can be beneficial for cognitive health.

Can brain training “rewire” the brain to prevent dementia? What about repair the brain following an injury? Or turn back the ...

Previous studies have shown that exercise not only boosts muscle performance but also rewires the brain. Anecdotally, people ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dementia affects 57 million people and is the seventh leading cause of death globally (Philippe LOPEZ) (Philippe LOPEZ/AFP/AFP) A ...

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A study finds that people who did one specific form of brain training in the 1990s were less likely to be diagnosed with ...

For most of the 20th century, the scientific consensus held that the adult brain was essentially fixed, unable to grow new connections or recover lost function after a critical window in childhood.

There’s growing evidence that people can take steps to keep their brains healthy and reduce the risk of dementia.

With age comes a natural decline in cognitive function, even among otherwise healthy adults without dementia. A new study finds that a cognitive training program may boost production of a brain ...