So-called "brain training" games may help guard against Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia, a new study suggests. The research found some older adults who completed specific cognitive ...

That benefit, however, was only for a subset of the volunteers, according to the study published Monday in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions. “The 25% ...

Brain-training exercises may reduce the risk of dementia if they involve speedy thinking, whereas exercises involving memorization or reasoning have no effect on dementia risk, a two-decade-long trial ...