Games like word games ... training (in areas such as reasoning, memory, language, and attention) on the progression of mild cognitive impairment. Results of the study showed that the training ...

The test may make it easier to identify whether people with memory and thinking problems have Alzheimer’s or not.

Visualization involves forming a mental image ... between playing games and slowing down cognitive decline in older adults. Brain training games can test a person’s memory and ability to ...

"It's critical to have good working memory skills," said Susanne Jaeggi, psychology professor and co-director of the Brain ...

ATLANTA, Nov. 19 -- Mild cognitive impairment ... test battery, including the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) -- which takes about 10 minutes to administer -- and cognitive tests in memory ...

Then, during a scanned memory test, they were prompted with words they had seen and ... “We’re beginning to ask whether individual differences in the ability to mentally travel back in time can be ...

So games, puzzles, and other types of brain training may help slow memory loss and other mental problems. One study involved more than 2,800 adults 65 and older. They went to up to 10 hour-long ...

people can improve such mental abilities as reasoning, verbal skills and memory. But whether these games deliver on those promises is up for debate. Now, in perhaps the biggest real-world test of ...