Game-based training improves not only the cognitive abilities of people with initial signs of developing dementia, but also ...

Researchers at the University of Alberta have found a way to measure how engaged people living with dementia are when they're ...

ETH Zurich researchers found that “exergames” – fitness games combining movement with brain exercises – improved memory, ...

Some 2.3 million of U.S. adults over 65 – more than 4% – have a diagnosis of dementia. But even without a diagnosis, a certain amount of cognitive decline is normal as age sets in. And whether it’s ...

A new preprint study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, has suggested that playing video games is associated with better cognitive abilities, but does not appear to affect measures of mental ...

Game-based training improves not only the cognitive abilities of people with initial signs of developing dementia, but also ...

In two previous articles (here and here), I summarized evidence countering the common fears about video games (that they are addictive and promote such maladies as social isolation, obesity, and ...

Cognitive control follows an inverted U-shaped curve, rising through youth, peaking in young adulthood, then declining in ...

Thankfully, along with the approach of fall, there is a return of fresh episodes of your favorite game shows. Viewers may be happy to learn that not only are these shows entertaining, but they have ...

Watching a baby babble, play and interact with others can provide useful insight into what their cognitive ability might be like decades later, according to new University of Colorado Boulder research ...