Stretching your brain might be the better description. Do a crossword puzzle a day and you may just get good at crosswords. Instead, research increasingly shows that a variety of habits and hobbies ...

When I was a kid, some of my favorite rainy-day activities were simple, creative, tactile, and meditative, involving pens and ...

If ever you needed a nudge to give your brain a workout, new research underscoring the benefits of “brain training” should offer fresh motivation.

The Warfighter Brain Fitness Study enrolled 406 healthy National Guard servicemembers,who trained in alternating sequences of BrainHQ and SMART training. That study found participants benefitted from ...

Just one 15-minute session of aerobic exercise floods the brain with brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a protein ...

(Science Photo Library/Canva) Exercise works wonders throughout the human body, including the brain. Research suggests an ...

With age comes a natural decline in cognitive function, even among otherwise healthy adults without dementia. A new study finds that a cognitive training program may boost production of a brain ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Keeping our minds sharp and active can keep our brains healthy. "Any exercise retrains the brain," says Dr. Perminder Bhatia. "What happens when people get dementia is that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you’re learning something new, your brain is using acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter that has been shown to be deficient in ...