If you were to investigate the brain of a chess expert, where would you look? Would you look in an area at the bottom of the brain, called the fusifrom face area (FFA), which is thought to be ...

From the chessboard to the concert hall, research shows that mentally engaging hobbies like chess and playing music can rewire the brain, strengthen focus, and slow cognitive decline. Studies reveal ...

A little forgetfulness is a normal part of getting older, but keeping your brain active helps it stay sharp. And you don’t need pricey classes to do it. Chances are, you’re already doing ...

From the chessboard to the poker table, strategic thinking thrives where risk, logic, and emotional discipline intersect. These mind sports sharpen memory, probability skills, and decision-making ...

I play chess online every single day—not to jinx myself, but my current streak is 279 days on Chess.com. If I had to name one thing I do specifically to keep my brain sharp, this would be it: I track ...

Just as your business has key performance indicators (KPI's), your health and personal performance do as well. And one of those key indicators is your brain. For entrepreneurs, it's not just about ...

As early as around the 6th century AD/CE, humans have been trying to conquer each other’s minds and tactics in a game that ...

A three-time National Chess Champion breaks down what playing chess against LLMs can teach us.

Lynne Peeples is a science journalist in Seattle, Washington. Near the end of his first series of chess matches against IBM’s Deep Blue computer in 1996, the Russian grandmaster Garry Kasparov ...

A woman who perpetually feels like she's falling, a man addicted to hard-core pornography, an amputee with excruciating pain in his phantom elbow: all cured thanks to neuroplasticity, the brain's ...

I never wanted to be a chess guy—someone who obsesses over midgame strategies, remembers the names to all the openings, and talks about high-profile matches with friends. Despite this, over the past ...