A new study suggests that biological age improvements are tied to a reduced stroke risk and improved brain health, suggesting that certain lifestyle changes could help to cut stroke risk and protect ...

Knowledge of several languages may not play a crucial role in healthy brain aging, as previously thought. This is the conclusion reached by Arturo Hernandez, a professor of psychology at the ...

Studying the minds of octogenarians with surprising cognitive resilience shows how it's possible to maintain a youthful brain well into old age.

Keeping your brain sharp into your 60s and beyond is the result of habits you start building much earlier. Research says if you want a sharp brain in your sixties, start these four habits now.

Exercise your brain,” experts advise people hoping to stave off dementia. But how? Stretching your brain might be the better description.

Your brain doesn’t glide through life on a smooth, predictable track. New research suggests it changes course in significant, distinct phases, with major “turning points” that reshape how different ...

In a recent study published in Nature, scientists found that elderly adults known as “super-agers” had about twice as many newly formed neurons in their hippocampi—the brain ...

Your brain does not start the day at full power. It is shifting from sleep into alertness. During that transition, light, movement, food, hydration, and stress cues begin steering the day. Sleep ...

Researchers from the University of California San Diego have found that a novel blood-based biomarker can predict a woman’s risk of developing dementia as many as 25 years befor ...

It provides convincing evidence that demographic-specific functional templates improve functional neuroimaging studies that use hyperalignment. This study will be of interest to cognitive ...

Many people know that exercise is good for the body. It can strengthen the heart, improve muscle health, and help control weight. However, scientists are also learning that physical activity may be ...