A simple brain-training exercise could reduce people's risk of developing dementia by 25 percent, a study said Monday, but ...

A large, 20-year trial showed that speedy cognitive exercises could reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia. The question is, could these tasks be adapted into video games?

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, ...

A new study that followed participants for two decades found some were up to a quarter less likely to develop a memory disease years after doing "brain training." ...

A large Johns Hopkins–led study found that a brain training video game may lower dementia risk for up to 20 years. Older adults who completed speed-based cognitive training with booster sessions ...

A 20-year study found brain games that boost speed and split attention helped prevent Alzheimer’s and other dementias.

Imagine balancing a ruler vertically in the palm of your hand: you have to constantly pay attention to the angle of the ruler and make many small adjustments to make sure it doesn't fall over. It ...

Researchers tracked more than 2,800 older adults for 20 years to assess whether brain-training exercises could lower the risk of dementia.