Training can improve memory and increase brain activity in mild cognitive impairment

Friday, March 2, 2012 - 11:30 in Psychology & Sociology

If someone has trouble remembering where the car keys or the cheese grater are, new research shows that a memory training strategy can help. Memory training can even re-engage the hippocampus, part of the brain critical for memory formation, the results suggest. The techniques used in the study were shown to work in people with mild cognitive impairment.

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