Research shows that crossword puzzles are effective in improving memory. (Getty Images) There is no reality check like telling someone the same story twice and not realizing it until they stop you ...

To give yourself the best chance of avoiding dementia, there are certain brain games that help and many that don't. The ones ...

Aaron Seitz, professor of psychology and director of the Brain Game Center for Mental Fitness and Well-being at Northeastern University, told The Washington Post that when ...

Brain exercises let you practice specific cognitive skills that exercise memory, attention span, logic, and fast thinking. These activities can range from puzzles and video games to board games and ...

Some 2.3 million U.S. adults over 65 — more than 4% — have a diagnosis of dementia. But even without a diagnosis, a certain amount of cognitive decline is normal as age sets in. Whether it’s due to ...

Far from rotting our brains, video games may improve our cognition. But how we play them matters when it comes to the benefits they provide. By playing video games, “people are practicing complex ...

Just light exercise—10 or 20 minutes of walking a day—can be enough to take the edge off. The Centers for Disease Control and ...

Have you ever put your keys down and then quickly forgotten where to find them? When you try to recall where you might have left them, you are drawing on working memory, which is the ability to ...