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 ...

A landmark 20-year analysis of the ACTIVE trial suggests that targeted, reinforced speed-based cognitive training may delay dementia diagnosis, offering new insight into how structured mental ...

Working memory, also known as memory updating, refers to an individual’s ability to temporarily store, encode, refresh, and process event-related information while performing cognitive tasks 1.