Brain training games are games that allow players to complete tasks that practice specific cognitive skills that exercise their memory, attention span, logic, and fast thinking. Brain training ...

A brain exercise a day might keep you current—it might even revive your brain chemistry. In a landmark clinical trial led by ...

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Research shows that crossword puzzles are effective in improving memory. (Getty Images) There is no reality check like telling someone the same story twice and not realizing it until they stop you ...

Companies that market brain games do so with the assumption that if people play the games, they will improve in the skill that the game tests. They further assume that improving these core cognitive ...

Video games often get tarred with the ‘mindless entertainment’ brush. However, if we dig deeper, we’ll find numerous titles designed to challenge your mind and enhance cerebral function. So let’s ...

Researchers have created a wearable brain-computer interface (BCI) that allows users to play video games just by using their minds. “When we think about this in a clinical setting, this technology ...

A large-scale study released last month linking video games and cognitive health in 9 and 10 year olds has some pediatricians shifting their thinking toward the long-debated effects of video games.