Should you exercise more to boost your memory? What a new study says about the cognitive benefits of working out.

The short-term boost our brains get after we do exercise persists throughout the following day, suggests a new study led by ...

Exercise has long been recognised for its benefits to both body and mind. Now, a recent study has highlighted a specific form ...

A brisk walk, dancing or climbing a few flights of stairs may boost memory skills for around 24 hours, a study suggests.

In one study of 19,078 adults ages 50 to 93 ... carryover effects on other areas of life besides cognitive functioning. The ...

What's the cure for dementia? A new study finds daily exercise may hold the secret to a continuous brain boost and memory protection.

Cognitive functions, the mental processes that allow for thinking, memory, language, and judgment, are crucial for academic ...

The goal of these investigations is to determine whether activities that are part of everyday life may result in better transfer effects to function than stand-alone cognitive exercises (training ...

When a person regularly practices formulated mental exercises or games ... involving more than 60 young adults, Kawashima and his colleagues studied how pairing cognitive training with ...

Objectives This review aimed to identify mechanisms underlying participation in falls prevention interventions, in older adults with cognitive impairment. In particular we studied the role of ...

Loneliness and cognitive performance were related in the short term for older adults, according to a new study. For years, research has shown that older adults who are lonely are at greater risk ...