So-called "brain training" games may help guard against Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia, a new study suggests. The research found some older adults who completed specific cognitive ...

Medicare beneficiaries 65 years and older who participated in five to six weeks of cognitive speed training with follow-up sessions three years later were less likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Interventions included eight to 10 sessions plus boosters at 11 and 35 months and focused on processing speed, ...

Playing games to train your brain into a better memory may not be just the stuff of bad app-store advertising, according to a new study two decades in the making. Research published in the journal ...

A simple brain-training program that sharpens how quickly older adults process visual information may have a surprisingly powerful long-term payoff. In a major 20-year study of adults 65 and older, ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

Arizonan Bob Ehlers was diagnosed with Alzheimer's six years ago and works to keep it at bay. Here are some of his tips.

People who spent about two hours a week pinpointing flashing objects on a computer screen dramatically lowered their risk of dementia — including Alzheimer’s — 20 years later. The findings, published ...

Memory loss often feels like something that arrives late in life. In reality, the story may begin much earlier, long before symptoms appear. New research suggests that what happens in those earlier ...

While researchers work out the answers, experts say cognitive training is just one part of the journey toward improving brain health. “Alzheimer’s and other dementias are complex disorders. You can’t ...