Welcome back! For Day 4 of the challenge, let’s do a short and fun activity based around a concept called cognitive reserve.

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Physical exercise is pushed as a way to help maintain a person's health, but stimulating the brain with puzzles and games, ...

Personalized, adaptive deep brain stimulation (DBS) can enhance the control of motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) compared with standard DBS, new research suggests. In a blinded randomized ...

The evidence is increasingly clear: gaming has the potential to improve certain aspects of brain function, particularly when ...

At Stanford, a treatment that aims magnetic pulses at the brain is showing results for people with treatment-resistant depression. It’s called SAINT, and here’s how it works.

If you are looking for engaging experiences that aren’t overwhelming, try the plethora of puzzle apps available. There are ...

If you find yourself sitting all day long, it’s time to make a change. Reviewed by Dietitian Sarah Pflugradt, Ph.D., RDN, ...

When you suffer from mental illness, sometimes counseling and pills aren't enough. And for those, especially people with depression, an answer can be found in brain stimulation. KPBS sci-tech reporter ...

New research from the University of South Australia challenges conventional wisdom about sedentary behavior and its effects on brain health. The groundbreaking study reveals that certain types of ...

Will playing Wordle regularly fend off Alzheimer’s? Will the fish oil you take daily keep your memory sharp? Many people think it’s worth trying anything to help with brain health. After all, the ...

At first, these games seemed like a great idea — minimal brain engagement, no exciting story lines, that satisfaction of getting things in order. I played a couple of levels, felt chilled out and was ...