Research indicates open-label placebos can ease stress and boost memory in older adults, presenting a novel, ethical strategy for promoting healthy aging.
Gut microbiome changes may drive age-related memory loss via inflammation and disrupted brain signaling, but interventions in mice show this process can be reversed.
At some point in the last decade, preferring to text became something people apologize for. Not formally, not loudly, but in the small ways: the “sorry, I’m bad at phone calls” that gets deployed ...
Speed-of-processing cognitive training in older adults significantly reduced dementia risk over 20 years, outperforming memory and reasoning training. Its adaptive, implicit learning approach may ...
A growing body of research is challenging the long-held assumption that memory loss is the earliest reliable warning sign of ...
The dominant framework for veteran mental health is built on a single causal assumption: the war caused the wound. Deployment ...
Psychologists who study grief and memory have long recognized that the most enduring legacies parents leave behind aren't ...
Working memory is a cognitive function that is essential for carrying out everyday activities and temporarily retaining information.
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 growing research on brain health is a good reminder that while our phones might offer a quick dopamine hit, real ...
If ever you needed a nudge to give your brain a workout, new research underscoring the benefits of "brain training" should ...