Brain exercises can help keep your short-term memory and other cognitive skills sharp during this time. Pretend or imaginative play is fun for children and essential to their cognitive development.

Over the past few decades, researchers and practitioners have studied that how activities such as dance, martial arts and team sports influence cognitive performance, boost good mood and promote ...

Exergaming may positively impact gray matter and white matter in the brain, and these brain changes may be linked to ...

The connection between physical movement and brain function has emerged as one of neuroscience’s most significant discoveries. The human brain, despite representing only 2% of body weight, consumes ...

Many of us view cognitive decline as an unavoidable process of aging. But this is not necessarily the case. Just like our muscles, our brains need to be trained to reach their full potential. So what ...

Training your brain with strategies to improve its ability to recall information may improve memory and delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study. Brain training has long been a ...

They’re all brawn and brain. Exercising could result in more brain volume, new research suggests. The study, published last month in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, analyzed brain scans of more ...

(WGHP) — Tuesday is World Brain Day. We talk a lot about the need for children to be physically fit, but it’s also important to be mentally fit. In Mommy Matters, we’re looking at ways to develop a ...

Older Americans worried about cognitive decline can stay sharper for longer by exercising both their bodies and their brains ...

However, there are ways to help reduce the risk – like with exercise.

There's a lot going on in your baby's brain before age 5. Here's why experts call it a critical time for setting up a child's ...