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• The Study That Found a Five-Year Difference

  A 2026 Rush University study followed nearly 2,000 people for years, tracking how much mentally engaging activity they had done across their whole lives.

  2 minute read · has audio

• The Best Question to Ask a Grandchild

  Asking a younger family member to teach you something — an app, a game, a piece of slang — turns a routine visit into genuine two-way learning.

  3 minute read · has audio

• Why Trivia Isn't Just for Winning

  Trivia Trail is not about winning or losing — it is built around the same near-transfer and novel-learning evidence behind the rest of this app's design.

  3 minute read · has audio

• Picking Up a Skill You Let Go

  A skill you used to have — an instrument, a language, a craft — is often easier to pick back up than to start brand new, and it counts fully as genuine, novel re-engagement.

  3 minute read · has audio

• The Habit of Learning Something New

  Continued novel learning — trying something genuinely new, not just repeating familiar tasks — is named directly in the research behind this app's whole-lifestyle approach.

  4 minute read · has audio