New research breaks it down.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A large, long-term study found that playing a brain training video game may help protect the brain against dementia for decades.

A cluster of lab-grown human brain cells has apparently made the leap to successfully playing a very rudimentary video game ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you’re learning something new, your brain is using acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter that has been shown to be deficient in ...

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.

Some 2.3 million of U.S. adults older than 65 — more than 4% — have a diagnosis of dementia. But even without a diagnosis, a certain amount of cognitive decline is normal as age sets in. And whether ...

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 ...

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 tasks that ...