Most competitive games require good problem-solving skills, fast reactions, quick thinking, and a great memory. Thanks to modern technology and internet-enabled devices like smartphones you don’t need to practice these skills in front of your computer. In fact, you’ll be able to practice on the go, whenever and wherever you want. Our list features the best apps for Android and iOS devices that... 

It’s a simple fact of life, with old age comes cognitive decline. However, a group of German researchers believes a daily dose of cannabis extract could help boost memory and learning potential in elderly people. In a study published Tuesday in the journal Nature Medicine, researchers from the University of Bonn, Germany, found that regular doses of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main psychoactive... 

Playing music enhances gene activity related to memory, learning, motor behavior and dopaminergic neurotransmission, a new study says. A Finnish research group carried out the study on musicians from a professional orchestra and music university, the ScienceDaily website reported on Friday. “The findings provide a valuable background for molecular studies of music perception and evolution, and... 

Two areas of the brain, the hippocampus (yellow) and the prefrontal cortex (blue), use two different brain-wave frequencies to communicate as the brain learns to associate unrelated objects. The key learning regions in the brain, the hippocampus and the prefrontal cortex, use different wave frequencies during memory-based decision making, a new research says. The study was carried out by Massachusetts... 

Complex jobs may benefit brain function, a new study says. Researchers have identified an association between complexity of main lifetime occupation and cognitive performance in later life. The research indicated that people with complex jobs, including working with other people or data such as lawyers and engineers, could benefit from a better memory and thinking abilities in later life. The results... 

Glenn Beck, a so-called US “conservative” produced quite an uproar Monday evening, admitting on his self-run television program that he has been suffering from a progressively debilitating, and almost certainly terminal, brain and neurological disease for the last several years. According to Beck, the symptoms of his condition include crippling nerve pain, a loss of cognitive abilities and memory,... 

Scientists have been capable of switching mice’s good memories with bad ones and vice versa. The discovery was the result of work done by a team, formed from a collaboration between Japan’s RIKEN institute and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US. The scientists injected two groups of male mice with light-sensitive algae protein, which enabled them to identify the formation... 

Self-awareness is the capacity to pay conscious attention to all aspects of yourself: to use sensory capacities such as sight, hearing and touch to provide accurate information about the external world; to use feelings such as thirst, hunger, nausea, dizziness and physical pain to provide accurate information about the state of your body and what it needs; to use memory to store and provide access... 

Wiping out memories at a press of a button, just like with a ‘neuralizer’ from the Men in Black movie, may soon become a reality. Researchers have managed to erase and then restore lost memory in genetically modified rats with a flash of light. The study by researchers from University of California in San Diego, published in Nature journal , is the first cause-and-effect evidence that strengthening... 

Caffeine can improve mental and cognitive functions through stimulating many regions of the brain that regulate wakefulness, arousal, mood and concentration. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University found that those people who regularly consumed caffeinated products had better results on the memory tests. The study results were confirmed after monitoring the memories of 160 people who did not regularly... 

A new study conducted by the American researchers suggests that children’s afternoon short sleep grants them to have better learning power. The new study shows that naps are critical for memory consolidation and early learning among the kids particularly for those ones who are three to-five-year-olds. Sleep researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amhers say an hour-long nap after lunch boosts... 

Danger: ‘The Devil’s Breath’ is such a powerful drug that it can remove the capacity for free will A hazardous drug that eliminates free will and can wipe the memory of its victims is currently being dealt on the streets of Colombia. The drug is called scopolamine, but is colloquially known as ‘The Devil’s Breath,’ and is derived from a particular type of tree common to... 

Cases of dementia are anticipated to rise significantly in the coming decades due to improvements in life expectancy and medical care in poorer countries, warns the World Health Organisation (WHO). In 2010, approximately 35.6 million people were living with dementia, a figure expected to double to 65.7 million by 2030 and triple to 115.4 million by 2050, according to the United Nations health agency... 

Having fun at a party and then forgetting the names of who has just been introduced may be related. According to research conducted in the United States, good humor diminishes the ability to remember information. The team, led by doctoral student, Elizabeth Martin, University of Missouri, asked participants to watch a video. Half were given a video containing a stand-up comedy routine along with instructions... 

Evolution or not? Have you noticed that technology is not evolving anymore and when it does, it only makes small leaps as if they were intentionally limited by someone? What you are about to read would probably shock you. You were probably one of those who thought that the technology would evolve faster if it could but it’s not possible so that’s why it doesn’t. Well the truth is that where is...