Some activities may boost brain function and connectivity, which may help protect the brain from age-related degeneration. Here are 22 brain exercises to try.

Long-term brain-training activities can improve your working memory, verbal memory, and global functioning. Challenging ...

UCR psychologist Rachel Wu says one important way of staving off cognitive decline is learning new skills as a child would. That is, be a sponge: seek new skills to learn; maintain motivation as ...

Generally, research shows that brain training games can improve cognitive function in older adults. Examples include TETRIS, Candy Crush Saga, Wii Sports, and mobile versions of word puzzles ...

In most adults, learning and thinking plateau and then begin to decline after age 30 or 40. People start to perform worse in tests of cognitive abilities such as processing speed, the rate at ...

To see how different activities might influence the odds of developing impairments, researchers examined data on 1,929 adults age 70 and older who didn't have any cognitive problems at the outset ...

Just as coloring books for adults are starting to fly off the shelves, a new study suggests that older adults who do creative activities like arts and crafts could delay the development of memory ...

We found that new neurons in the adult brain are linked to reduced cognitive decline—particularly in verbal learning, or ...

Older adults are often encouraged to stay active and engaged to keep their minds sharp, that they have to "use it or lose it." But new research indicates that only certain activities -- learning a ...

Patterns of Nonsocial and Social Cognitive Functioning in Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder. JAMA Psychiatry , 2019; DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.3645 Cite This Page : ...

Cognitive decline in older adults refers to the concern of or difficulty with a person’s thinking, memory, concentration, and other brain functions beyond what is typically expected due to aging ...