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A specific type of mental exercise could buy you more time, according to new long-term data.

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A new free website offers engaging brain games designed to support cognitive wellness for older adults and the families ...

Download any brain training app and the promises sound miraculous: sharper memory, faster thinking, protection against dementia. Americans spend over $1.9 billion annually on these digital puzzles and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brain-training games are all the rage, but whether they prevent cognitive decline has been debatable. Studies in recent years have ...

With age comes a natural decline in cognitive function, even among otherwise healthy adults without dementia. A new study finds that a cognitive training program may boost production of a brain ...

Brain health is a lifelong journey, not just for older adults. Discover how diet, exercise, and sleep impact your brain.

The smartest 30 minutes on television is back! The sharpest high school teams compete head-to-head on Saturdays through nine categories of trivia. Other WRAL Top Stories WRAL is again partnering with ...

There is no reality check like telling someone the same story twice and not realizing it until they stop you midway. When that’s followed by misplacing your keys for the second time in a week or ...