Challenging the brain by exposing it to new situations, tasks and skills can improve its efficiency, much like strength training does for our muscles. But maximum efficiency requires optimal rest.
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Thirty minutes of daily brain games strengthened neural activity in memory centres, making older brains look ten years younger on scans.
Brain-training games may have cognitive benefits, but other challenging activities are proven to help our brains function at their best.
Scientists are getting closer to understanding why some elite athletes use less brain power than others. The element of surprise at training can help train the phenomenon.
We used a series of ‘brain training’ style tasks to assess how a COVID infection and persistent symptoms affected cognitive function.
Entrepreneurs are more flexible than high-level managers.
The largest review of evidence on brain training for ADHD suggests it might be time to try a different approach.
If you’re struggling to cut back on the booze, your subconscious brain may be over-riding your conscious brain. A new form of brain training targets our subconscious tendencies towards alcohol.
With the county facing a crisis in emotional health, we may need two vaccines: one for COVID-19 and another for toxic stress. Here’s a technique for dealing with all that stress.
Many feel grief, despair and fear after the news of horrible mass shootings. A neuroscientist offers 6 tips on how to process these feelings.
There are reasons to be skeptical, of both the quality of the evidence presented so far and the questionable assumptions that underlie claims of improved cognitive function after brain training.
Preparation. Focus. Positivity. Think like an athlete to win a Christmas medal.
How to win at golf …with a little help from neuroscience.
Specially designed computer games might improve the lives of people with Huntington’s disease.
New studies investigate whether music, chess, video games or puzzles can make us smarter.
Brain games, learning languages, rowing? Beware of snake oil salesman claiming we know it all.
A certain amount of cognitive decline with age is inevitable, but there are ways to radically slow this decline.
Both psychologists and neuroscientists are interested in how working memory holds on to items over brief intervals – and are investigating from different angles.
Many brain training programs are based on the principles of neuroplasticity. But a new study shows that less than 40% are backed by proof of efficacy.
While AI seems unstoppable, our improved understanding of human brains is levelling the playing field for now.
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