Age is more than just one number. While neuroscientists used to think of cognitive aging as a single trendline, they now ...

Doctors often advise exercising your brain to stay sharp but stretching your brain might be the better description.

A large longitudinal study challenges the idea that aging inevitably brings decline, revealing that many older adults improve in key measures of physical and cognitive health.

A recent study published in Nature has found that the "superagers" among us brains cognitive ability declines differently than their similarly aged peers ...

Memories rarely arrive as an unbroken stream. The brain quietly divides life into segments: entering a room, starting a conversation, or watching a new scene unfold. Each shift creates a mental ...

Superagers’ memory capacity rivals that of younger adults. A new study suggests their brains’ robust production of new neurons may be why.

"A meaningful percentage of the older participants that we studied got better." ...

Researchers find that nearly half of adults over 65 show cognitive and physical improvements, driven largely by positive beliefs about aging.

A large longitudinal study of U.S. adults found that many older people improve in cognitive function or walking speed over ...

Comparing six diets, a new study found that the DASH diet in particular showed the strongest link to helping lower cognitive ...

New research suggests childhood cancer survivors may experience accelerated biological aging from treatments, potentially ...