From the press release: A team of psychologists has found strong associations between working memory — a fundamental building block of a functioning mind — and three health-related factors: sleep, age, and depressed mood. The…
From the University of Bristol press release: New research by the University of Bristol has found that early life adversity could make an individual more at risk of developing negative thinking, which could lead to…
From the Wiley press release: Interactions between a mother and her child have been linked to cognitive outcomes in childhood, but little work has looked at farther-reaching effects. In a Journal of Marriage & Family study that…
From the University of Delaware press release: For most native English-speakers, learning the Mandarin Chinese language from scratch is no easy task. Learning it in a class that essentially compresses a one-semester college course into…
From the University of Cambridge press release: Researchers have identified how the human brain is able to determine the properties of a particular object using purely statistical information: a result which suggests there is an…
From the Ruhr-University Bochum press release: How sensory perception in the brain affects learning and memory processes is far from fully understood. Two neuroscientists of Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) have discovered a new aspect of how…
From the University of Bradford press release: Facial recognition technology works even when only half a face is visible, researchers from the University of Bradford have found. Using artificial intelligence techniques, the team achieved 100…
From the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute press release: A study of older Australians has found a morning bout of moderate-intensity exercise improves cognitive performance like decision-making across the day compared to prolonged sitting without…
From the University of York press release: Researchers have found that young children who are exposed to large amounts of adult speech tend to have better cognitive skills. The major new study, led by researchers…
From the VIB (the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology) press release: A team of scientists at NeuroElectronics Research Flanders (NERF- empowered by imec, KU Leuven and VIB) found that highly demanding and rewarding experiences result in…