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Dementia is an umbrella term used to describe a significant decline in mental function that is serious enough to affect ...

Optimistic thinking has long been immortalized in self-help books as the key to happiness, good health and longevity but it can also lead to poor decision-making, with particularly serious ...

As per the study, interactive games appear to help with working memory and task-switching.

A new mobile app developed in Singapore holds promise to prevent the progression of dementia by helping improve the multilingual thinking of senior folks. A team of app developers at the Singapore ...

Researchers have discovered that the oldest-old, those who live to be 90+ and have superior cognitive skills, have similar levels of brain pathology as Alzheimer's patients, however, they also have ...

The combination of poorly developed social and cognitive skills during childhood is linked to poor exam results by the age of 16, with those for whom these issues persist throughout their childhood ...

Forget everything you've heard about mental decline starting in your thirties. A new study suggests your brain may keep getting sharper well into your forties, allowing for a much higher cognitive ...