Mental exercises, including memory games, may help boost brain health by creating new brain cells and connections. Brain exercises are important throughout life, and perhaps even more so in older ...

Regular aerobic exercise seems to boost the size of the area of the brain (hippocampus) involved in verbal memory and learning among women whose intellectual capacity has been affected by age, ...

While we know physical activity is good for the mind, we have rarely seen evidence in real time. A new study, conducted at the University of Iowa, reveals that exercise speeds up specific brain ...

Brain exercises may help boost and maintain brain function. Memory games, learning new skills, crosswords, and even video games may help. Although the brain gets plenty of exercise every day, certain ...

A new research study published in Health Promotion Perspectives has found that exercise and meditation make a powerful combination for learning and memory in young adults. Physical exercise and ...

Exercise helps us stay fit and makes us feel more energized, but if you crave further motivation, a new study adds to the evidence that working out is useful for even more than that. Researchers at ...

Our brain may depend on physical activity to stay healthy. Slawomir Kruz/ Shutterstock Many studies suggest that exercise can help protect our memory as we age. This is because exercise has been shown ...

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers investigated the impact of virtual reality (VR) exercise on brain functioning, particularly its effect on working memory, a ...

For the first time in human history, older people outnumber younger people. This has created unique health challenges. Dementia may be one of the scariest — a debilitating condition that erases ...

Researchers have identified a substance in muscles that helps explain the connection between a fit body and a sharp mind. When muscles work, they release a protein that appears to generate new cells ...