Learning a musical instrument, particularly through improvisation, could boost cognitive skills such as learning and memory ...

Almost 10% of U.S. adults ages 65 and older are estimated to have dementia. A large British study suggests that living with others, whether another person, or even a pet, may slow down the decline in ...

Brain endurance training (BET), a combined cognitive and exercise training method developed for athletes, boosts cognitive and physical abilities in older adults. According to a new study by ...

Improvising music could help to improve older people's cognitive skills, such as learning and memory, according to research ...

A new study led by scientists at UC San Diego and Perception Dynamics Institute shows a visual training method called PATH ...

A $1 million grant will support a study seeing if a program combining cognitive training and exercise prevents falls in older adults with MS.

How we process the world—absorbing, interpreting, and responding to our surroundings—is never a one-way street. No two people ...

Young adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder who play an instrument may outperform their non-musical peers on a range of cognitive tasks, according to new research published in ...

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