Visiting friends, attending parties and going to church may help keep your brain healthy, according to research conducted at Rush.

Young adults who ate a handful of walnuts with breakfast saw a long-lasting improvement in their reaction times and a boost in memory performance hours later, according to a new study. The findings strengthen the claim that walnuts are a brain-enhancing food.

Research demonstrates that 10 minutes of exercise before class can benefit executive function, making problem solving and learning easier.

A University of Iowa-led research team has documented in humans that physical exercise sparks an increase in brain waves called ripples connecting areas in the brain linked to learning and memory. The researchers noted that a single exercise session spawns…