A new free website offers engaging brain games designed to support cognitive wellness for older adults and the families ...

Did you get together over the holidays and play games with your family? It was certainly a good time to do it, and those games may help keep brain synapses firing — especially for seniors. Admittedly, ...

Dear Readers: My mother discovered crossword puzzles when she found herself sitting, for hours at a time, at her dying mother's bedside. Mom wanted to be with her mother, who could no longer ...

When Maria started experiencing memory lapses at 73, her doctor suggested medications and puzzles. Instead, she joined a weekly dance class. Six months later, her cognitive assessments showed ...

The brain does not simply deteriorate with age. Research over the past decade has shifted how scientists understand cognitive aging, and the news is considerably better than the old picture suggested.

Gaming still gets talked about like it belongs to younger people, yet the research around older adults has gotten a lot more interesting. For seniors, games can be a low-pressure way to stay engaged, ...