Research identifies the cognitive skills that are strong indicators of math ability, providing a possible blueprint for better instruction techniques.

Magic tricks reveal how the brain forms reality, as a review of 55 studies explores gaps in attention, perception and ...

Dr. Germaine Odenheimer, M.D., a geriatric neurologist and professor emeritus at the University of Oklahoma College of ...

But humans are more complex than a straightforward comparison to computers gives us credit for — and far more than most of ...

As recently as the 1980s, most physicians, philosophers, and neuroscientists believed that newborn babies were incapable of feeling pain. They were, in some sense, not considered fully human. This ...

Dads often carry a significant mental load, constantly considering their children’s future and striving to provide them with the best opportunities.

You can drive a car even if you don’t have the expertise to manufacture one yourself, and I benefited from the pediatrician’s ...

The MIND diet—or the Mediterranean–DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay diet—was pioneered in 2015 by Martha Clare ...

A core assumption in any democracy is that citizens with access to information will make reasoned decisions on political candidates and policy issues. But a new study by UC Berkeley social scientists ...

Therapy emphasizes thinking more realistically. But recognizing reality by itself is often not enough. Pursuing deeper questions about how we live our lives is also important.

What is the "trigger" for cognitive bias?When we talk about cognitive bias, we tend to think that "the human brain has a built-in habit of making wrong judgments from the start."However, this is a bit ...

While many areas of the brain slow as we grow older, some research suggests that language and processing skills remain about ...