Researchers used to believe that cognitive power was fixed after childhood. Over the last few decades, though, scientists have discovered that we can improve our cognitive abilities after childhood. Read More...
Topic: Brain Health
Want to stimulate your noggin? Then get jogging!
Posted July 20, 2010
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Recent research offers yet another reason to exercise. It turns out that cardiovascular exercise can stimulate the production of new brain cells. Scientists have known since 1992 that the human Read More...
High level of evidence for cognitive training
Posted June 7, 2010
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A recently published report funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) reviews the extensive literature on cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease in search of factors that might delay or Read More...
The Science Behind Lumosity
Posted February 4, 2010
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Lumosity users and research collaborators often ask us for more information on the science that goes into the games and training applications on the site. To help make this info more accessible, we Read More...
Targeted Cognitive Exercises Improve Mental Abilities
Posted January 4, 2010
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Training with cognitive exercises can improve targeted mental functions, conclude the authors of a review article published recently in the journal Alzheimer's and Dementia. The authors (Kathryn Read More...
Eating fish may reduce risk of stroke
Posted September 9, 2009
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By Gregory Kellett, a cognitive neuroscience researcher at SFSU and UCSF, and science writer for Lumos Labs. Eating lots of fish, the ultimate brain food, was recently associated with reduced risk of Read More...
Brain Hydration
Posted July 1, 2009
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By Gregory Kellett, a cognitive neuroscience researcher at SFSU and UCSF, and science writer for Lumos Labs. Your brain is made up of 60% water and many of us may not be drinking enough of the Read More...
The power of brain plasticity
Posted June 26, 2009
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This article was contributed by Paul Li, who teaches cognitive science at UC Berkeley. The human brain is quite remarkable. It does not remain static, but instead ceaselessly changes throughout Read More...
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