News Summary

• A new study finds that a cognitive training program may boost production of a brain chemical that plays a role in memory and attention.
• The process that produces acetylcholine in the brain is called the cholinergic system.
• Researchers at McGill University in Montreal led a clinical trial of 92 people ages 65 and older.
• People in the BrainHQ group had a 2.3% increase in the anterior cingulate cortex, a part of the brain important for learning, memory, attention and executive function.
• Those in the control group didn’t have a significant change.