New research breaks down the potential impact of playing a free online brain game. Here's what experts say about it.

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Brain training games are games that allow players to complete tasks that practice specific cognitive skills that exercise their memory, attention span, logic, and fast thinking. Brain training ...

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Some 2.3 million U.S. adults over 65 — more than 4% — have a diagnosis of dementia. But even without a diagnosis, a certain amount of cognitive decline is normal as age sets in. Whether it’s due to ...

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Brain-training games are all the rage, but whether they prevent cognitive decline has been debatable. Studies in recent years have gone back and forth on the topic, with no definitive conclusion. Many ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A large, long-term study found that playing a brain training video game may help protect the brain against dementia for decades.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dementia affects 57 million people and is the seventh leading cause of death globally (Philippe LOPEZ) (Philippe LOPEZ/AFP/AFP) A ...