Brain-training exercises can improve your cognitive skills, including working memory, verbal memory, and global functioning. Challenging yourself with new activities can also improve brain functioning ...

(WGHP) — Tuesday is World Brain Day. We talk a lot about the need for children to be physically fit, but it’s also important to be mentally fit. In Mommy Matters, we’re looking at ways to develop a ...

Is regular exercise the key to managing ADHD, anxiety, and depression in children? Pediatrician Cindy Gellner, MD, examines recent evidence that shows how increased physical activity can significantly ...

We all know that exercise is the key to maintaining a healthy heart and a fierce bod…but what does it do for the mind? We dove into the scientific research and asked a neuropsychologist to explain ...

Did you know that exercise not only helps you look and feel better, it can also help make you smarter? Forget the old “dumb jock” stereotype. My friend, a Harvard Business School graduate, told me ...

Charles Hillman has known for a long time that exercise has a positive impact on the brain. This effect has been demonstrated by the Northeastern University psychology professor and others in varied ...

Neuroscientists have found that participating in complex mental activities like Bridge can help improve a range of cognitive ...

When 65-year-old Paul Person was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease this year, the first thing he did was contact a personal trainer — not for his body, but for his brain. Though somewhat limited by a ...

When you exercise, you secrete higher levels of BDNF, which allows you to make new neurons in your brain, mostly in the hippocampal region. The hippocampus mediates several higher brain functions, ...