Creative activities like dancing, painting, or gaming may help keep your brain younger by strengthening brain connections. Even beginners benefit—short bursts of creative learning, such as a few ...

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Playing certain brain-training games may boost production of a neurotransmitter responsible for attention and focus, ...

A McGill University-led clinical trial is the first in humans to show online brain training exercises can improve brain ...

Scientists discovered that talented experts had "younger" brains than those of their less experienced counterparts, and even ...

The brain is always active, even during sleep. However, certain activities can engage the brain in new ways, potentially leading to improvements in memory, cognitive function, or creativity. This ...

First, the scientists compared brain scans of expert and non-expert creatives (including tango dancers, musicians, visual ...

This post is part 2 of a series. In my previous post, I wrote that, after being inspired by Rick Rubin’s book, The Creative Act: A Way of Being, I decided to find out what is going on in the human ...

Bill Nye discusses brain-healthy habits while raising awareness for ataxia, a neurological disease affecting his family.

Engaging in creative experiences like music, dance, visual arts, and even specific video games can slow brain aging and ...

For decades, the idea that creativity comes from the right side of the brain has dominated popular culture. People have been told they're either "right-brained" (creative, intuitive) or "left-brained" ...

Engaging in creative experiences such as music, dance, visual arts, and even specific video games can slow brain aging and promote healthier brain function, according to a trailblazing international ...