When actor Chris Hemsworth (best known as Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe) set out to learn the drums in just a few months for the documentary series Limitless: Brain Power, he wasn’t just ...

As we age, keeping our minds sharp becomes just as important as staying physically strong. After age 65, about 40% of older adults experience some form of memory loss, and among those over 70, roughly ...

Research shows that older adults that resist typical cognitive decline have stronger brain regions and share two key qualities. Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Why do some 80-year-olds have exceptional ...

People who have razor-sharp minds in their 80s and 90s — known as "SuperAgers" — produce twice the number of young neurons as cognitively healthy adults and 2.5 times as many as people with ...