Could a sound, emitted at a specific frequency, offer a solution to Alzheimer's disease? Researchers have demonstrated that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers at the Picower Institute are exploring whether stimulating the brain’s natural 40-hertz “gamma” rhythm can slow or ...

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer  Could games designed to strengthen mental skills help prevent Alzheimer’s disease as you age? According to a new 20-year study, they may.1 More than 7 million Americans ...

While there is currently no cure for Alzheimer's disease, a new breakthrough involving a specific frequency of sound and a group of elderly monkeys has sparked hope among researchers. The team from ...

A research team from the Kunming Institute of Zoology (KIZ) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has demonstrated for the first time in non-human primates that auditory stimulation at 40 Hz ...

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Can Alzheimer’s disease be slowed by flickering lights and sound? That is the question that drives Annabelle Singer, an associate professor and biomedical engineer at Georgia Institute of Technology ...

Playing games to train your brain into a better memory may not be just the stuff of bad app-store advertising, according to a new study two decades in the making. Research published in the journal ...

A simple brain-training program that sharpens how quickly older adults process visual information may have a surprisingly powerful long-term payoff. In a major 20-year study of adults 65 and older, ...

A gentle flicker of light and a steady hum of sound might help slow the course of Alzheimer’s disease. That’s the idea behind a novel therapy developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of ...