Over the past week, news stories on the “surprising” findings of the ACTIVE Study on dementia garnered headlines around the globe. The 20-year, NIH-funded, 2800-person study found a modest amount of s ...

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The concept that cognitive health can be preserved or improved is often expressed as "use it or lose it." Numerous modifiable risk factors are associated with "losing" cognitive abilities with age and ...

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A study finds that people who did one specific form of brain training in the 1990s were less likely to be diagnosed with dementia over the next 20 years.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brain training reached a turning point in 2025, after years of accumulating evidence snowballed into an avalanche of scientific validation. A surge of ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Beginning in the late 1990s, nearly 3,000 older adults received brain training as part of a study to evaluate the training's effect on thinking and memory. Twenty years later, ...

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Brain training software company Posit Science is teaming up with Highmark Wholecare to help 7,000 of its members improve their balance and reduce falls, the companies recently announced. For the ...