The postponement of grade six education reforms has sparked a national firestorm, centered on a scandalous digital link that ...

A type of cognitive training that tests people's quick recall seems to reduce the risk of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease ...

Computer-based cognitive training that mimics quickly completing tasks with divided attention tied to a reduced likelihood of ...

Intellectual enrichment throughout the lifespan tied to higher cognitive function ...

Adults age 65 and older who completed five to six weeks of cognitive speed training - in this case, speed of processing training, which helps people quickly find visual information on a computer ...

In a new study published in Physical Review Letters, researchers used machine learning to discover multiple new classes of ...

A simple brain-training program that sharpens how quickly older adults process visual information may have a surprisingly powerful long-term payoff. In a major 20-year study of adults 65 and older, ...

When we set our expectations and operate based on the sequence of events that unfolded the last time a similar situation has occurred, we surrender to history.

One type of cognitive training appears to reduce the risk of dementia 20 years later. Even a modest amount of mental exercise ...

Children love to play pretend, holding imaginary tea parties, educating classrooms of teddies or running their own grocery stores. Now, a new study suggests that such make-believe play is not a ...

Researchers led by Min Zhang and Dabao Zhang of the University of California, Irvine's Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health have created the most detailed maps to date showing how genes ...