Last spring, Marsha Friesen lay in an MRI tube racking her brain. She might as well have been doing memory dropsets. The former high school English teacher had driven 45 minutes from her home to ...
Adults who did regular aerobic exercise for a year had brains that appeared about one year younger on MRI scans than people ...
Stretching your ability to focus is good for the brain. Paying close attention like that encourages the brain to pump more acetylcholine (a brain chemical important for learning, attention, and memory ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World: A Guide to Balance. Your brain has the hefty responsibility of keeping you safe, ...
Our brain function is far from static throughout our lives. We already know that our capacity to learn, and our risk of cognitive decline, varies from when we are a newborn through to our 90s. Now, ...
Most people over 60 who walk regularly do it for the obvious reasons — keeping their weight in check, protecting their heart, ...