Dancing fluidly with another involves social coordination. This skill entails aligning movements with others while also processing dynamic sensory information, like sounds and visuals. In a new ...

When Maria started experiencing memory lapses at 73, her doctor suggested medications and puzzles. Instead, she joined a weekly dance class. Six months later, her cognitive assessments showed ...

Dancing isn’t just fun—it’s powerful for your brain and mood. Here are 7 science-backed reasons moving to music can transform ...

Dance styles engage the brain in different ways depending on the movements, aesthetics, and emotions associated with the dance, according to a study published in Nature Communications. The findings ...

A treadmill trains your body. A crossword trains your mind. Dance, it turns out, trains the whole human being.

The brain dance is better than the twist, the macrena, the Texas 2-step, the cupid shuffle, or the 'YMCA'. Children of all ages have been doing the Brain Dance since 2000. Anne Green Gilbert developed ...

A new study by neuroscientists shows that our brain deals with different forms of visual uncertainty during movements in distinct ways. Depending on the type of uncertainty, planning and execution of ...

Getting your body moving doesn’t just keep you fit — it might actually turn back the clock on your brain, according to fascinating new research. The latest findings from Penn State College of Medicine ...

Dancing can do wonders for the brain, including cutting dementia risk by 76 percent according to research. The post Science ...