A cognitive training program may boost production of a brain chemical that plays a vital role in memory and attention, a new study finds.

Learning a new skill or doing mentally stimulating activities can help protect your brain from dementia. (Getty Creative) As the year winds down and the holiday hubbub clears, you may find yourself ...

Sports are often celebrated for physical fitness, but research shows their benefits extend far beyond the gym or field.

Are you easily distracted? Do you have trouble putting names to faces? Are you prone to losing your keys, cellphone, glasses or wallet, or walking into a room in your house and forgetting why you were ...

Exercise is generally good for your body and brain, no matter how you do it. But research out this month suggests that even brief outdoor activities can be especially stimulating for your noggin. The ...

Communication between regions of the brain is constantly in flux, but the neuroimaging technologies used to analyze these interactions typically provide only a snapshot representing several minutes’ ...

More physical activity in late childhood is associated with an increase in brain volume in regions involved in cognition, emotion, learning, and psychiatric illness. Investigators used data on 1088 ...