A specialized brain training game that challenges attention and reaction speed may help reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, according to new long-term research. The ...

Scientists have new insight into why we have trouble focusing after a bad night of sleep. Attention lapses when we’re sleep-deprived result from our brain’s efforts to clean itself up, a process that ...

Medicine is advancing, but science is yet to land upon a cure for dementia. Currently, there are an estimated 982,000 people living with dementia in the UK, but more than a third of those with the ...

New government-backed research suggests an “unconscious” brain exercise may do more to shield aging minds from dementia better than old-school memory games. “This study gives us real, tangible ...

Playing games to train your brain into a better memory may not be just the stuff of bad app-store advertising, according to a new study two decades in the making. Research published in the journal ...

An online speed training game can lower your risk of developing dementia by 25%, a new study suggests. People who played memory and reasoning games didn't get the same long-term benefits. Researchers ...

A large, long-term study found that playing a brain training video game may help protect the brain against dementia for decades. Experts say the findings are the strongest evidence yet that cognitive ...