Our brains thrive on a challenge, but it doesn't all have to be hard work to see the health benefits. Here are three simple ...

In this week’s episode I shared neuroscience research projects that identified and explored the biological changes that occur ...

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Only one has been shown in clinical trials to slow cognitive aging, by about two years. This is what the science says about ...

How to keep your brain in good shape? It is a good idea to regularly engage in creative activities, such as dancing, painting, or even playing certain computer games. Such activities are associated ...

If you want to slow brain aging, you know you should exercise and eat right. But you probably never suspected this hobby ...

Brain aging link: Studies of over 86,000 Europeans found multilingual individuals were half as likely to show signs of accelerated biological aging compared to monolinguals. Cognitive superpowers: ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature, a group of researchers investigated how aging alters neuronal protein degradation, aggregation, and transfer to microglia, with a focus on synaptic ...

Using polysomnography, researchers found that the difference between a person’s brain age and their chronological age may influence their dementia risk. Image credit: A.J. Schokora/Stocksy A recent ...