Research Index entry · Video
Study finds brain training games may help protect against dementia
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- youtube.com
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- 28 October 2026
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An NBC News segment on the 20-year speed-training result from the ACTIVE trial. Worth knowing as you watch: only speed training with top-up sessions made a difference, not brain games in general.
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Trial · Institutions
Speed training in the 1990s came with fewer dementia diagnoses 20 years laterThe trial the segment reports on.
People · randomized trial