From the Penn State press release: People who often read on electronic devices may have a difficult time understanding scientific concepts, according to a team of researchers. They suggest that this finding, among others in…
From the Université de Montréal press release: If you’re between 55 and 75 years old, you may want to try playing 3D platform games like Super Mario 64 to stave off mild cognitive impairment and…
From the Karolinska Institutet press release: Using genetic information, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden provide new evidence that higher educational attainment is strongly associated with a lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease. The causes of…
From the Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine press release: Mount Sinai researchers have found a positive relationship between the brain network associated with working memory — the ability to store and…
From the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville press release: Water dripping. A shovel scraping across rock. These sounds don’t seem very musical. Yet new research at the University of Arkansas shows that repeating snippets of environmental…
From the University at Buffalo press release: Infants raised in homes where they hear a single language, but spoken with different accents, recognize words dramatically differently at about 12 months of age than their age-matched…
From the University of Waterloo press release: You are more likely to remember something if you read it out loud, a study from the University of Waterloo has found. A recent Waterloo study found that…
From the Bar-Ilan University press release: Our mental life is rich with an enormous number of internal experiences. The diversity of these experiences is astonishing. We can vividly recall an episode from childhood as well…
From the Penn State press release: Children growing up in poverty face many challenges, but a preschool program that aims to improve social and emotional skills may help increase their focus and improve learning in…
From the Carnegie Mellon University press release: How is it that we are able–without any noticeable effort–to listen to a friend talk in a crowded café or follow the melody of a violin within an…