Digital engagement may protect the aging brain—not through screen time, but by crossing a cognitive threshold. Participation is the new smart.

Using technology may be linked with a lower risk of developing cognitive decline later in life, a new study has found.

A new study in Nature Human Behavior by neuroscientists at Baylor University and the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School reveals that digital technologies actually are associated with ...

Digital recreation offers students valuable mental stimulation beyond mere entertainment, problem solving and mind games.

Just because some measure of cognitive impairment occurs as the years march on doesn’t mean that seniors are powerless against Father Time. Certain behaviors and activities can help improve cognition.

The MoCA test is a simple, in-office tool that can quickly determine if there is any impairment in a person's cognitive function, including their ability to understand, reason, and remember. The test ...

But certain kinds of brain activities could, potentially, strengthen your cognitive skills as you age ... especially if they are performed on older adults, Dr. O’Brien said.

This is an encouraging finding, as it suggests that engaging, low-impact activities can offer real cognitive benefits." Senior researcher, Professor Carol Maher says exercise should be encouraged ...

verbal fluency – reflecting vocabulary and quick cognitive processing – was uniquely linked to longevity in an 18-year study of older adults from the Berlin Aging Study. This connection suggests that ...

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