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A large, long-term study found that playing a brain training video game may help protect the brain against dementia for decades. Experts say the findings are the strongest evidence yet that cognitive ...

Learning to read reshapes how the brain processes language. New research from Baycrest and the University of São Paulo shows that learning to read fundamentally changes how the brain responds to ...

What if artificial intelligence could help predict something like dementia before you ever notice symptoms? Researchers at Mass General Brigham have developed an AI tool they say can read brain MRIs ...

An AI-powered model developed at University of Michigan can read a brain MRI and diagnose a person in seconds, a study suggests. The model detected neurological conditions with up to 97.5% accuracy ...

“Several people have told me lately that they’ve stopped being able to read, echoing my own experience,” author Katherine May confessed in her newsletter recently. Statistics suggest May and her ...

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When life gets really hectic, sitting quietly with a book can feel like an impossible luxury. And when does a smartphone-mediated world feel less than hectic? Any shred of free time is too easy to ...

As a neurologist, neuroscientist, and professor, I have been asked the same question thousands of times by people of all ages: “Can I really improve my memory now—and keep my mind sharp as I get older ...

China’s brain-computer interface industry is growing fast, and the newest company to emerge from the country is aiming to access the brain without the use of invasive implants. Gestala, newly founded ...

At a time when fiber, protein, or every other version of “maxxing” is used to focus on a specific diet goal, we have never been dialed in to how we eat. What’s new? Welcome to the year of brain foods.

Doctors may soon be able to tell just how sick a heart failure patient really is by using a routine MRI scan, thanks to new research from the University of East Anglia. People with heart failure often ...