The remarkable benefits of chess, according to Dr. Gregory Ward, could potentially help athletes better understand and manage ...

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Below, brain experts break down all the reasons why you—and your brain—stand to benefit the next time you challenge a friend (or foe) to chess. 3 benefits of playing chess on the brain 1.

The most critical phase of AB’s chess brain preservation—and the one that turned out to be the most insightful—would have to wait until the surgery itself began.

Chess is a fun way that improves the brain and is widely recommended in early indications or cured to slow or eradicate dementia. Research developed to demonstrate that playing such a game as ...

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 ...

One patient being treated for a brain tumor in Barcelona had a very specific request to make of his doctors. He was a competitive chess player, and wanted to preserve his knowledge of and skill in ...