Adults age 65 and older who completed five to six weeks of cognitive speed training—in this case, speed of processing training, which helps people quickly find visual information on a computer screen ...

Some scientists think that expert birdwatchers might have a higher cognitive reserve, which may act as a buffer against dementia, because of the type of activity the hobby creates in their brains. And ...

A recent article in the New York Times by neuroscientist Daniel Levitin, “Everyone Knows Memory Fails as You Age. But Everyone is Wrong,” argues that memory difficulties are quite common and do not ...

A computer-based cognitive training program focused on speed of processing — reinforced with periodic booster sessions — reduced the risk for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRDs) by 25% ...

A landmark 20-year analysis of the ACTIVE trial suggests that targeted, reinforced speed-based cognitive training may delay dementia diagnosis, offering new insight into how structured mental ...

As we get older, it's normal for our cognitive abilities to start declining gradually. What we may gain in wisdom we lose in processing speed and short-term memory, for example. That's why it's ...