Critical flicker fusion (CFF), a measure of visual processing speed, predicts executive function in younger and older adults and may be helpful in predicting decline in executive function, say ...

Share on Pinterest Staying active on a daily basis helps keep the brain young, a recent study shows. Image credit: Hinterhaus Productions/Getty Images. Physical activity of any kind appears to ...

Caltech researchers have quantified the speed of human thought: a rate of 10 bits per second. However, our bodies' sensory systems gather data about our environments at a rate of a trillion bits per ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. woman contemplating The speed of the human brain's ability to process information has been investigated in a new study, and ...

Your reaction time is more than just a measure of how quickly you respond to a stimulus. It can also reflect how efficiently your brain processes information. Researchers and clinicians often look at ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. The human brain is truly and incredible piece of wetware that even the smartest of researchers have yet to fully understand, but when it comes to speed ...

A recent article in the New York Times by neuroscientist Daniel Levitin, “Everyone Knows Memory Fails as You Age. But Everyone is Wrong,” argues that memory difficulties are quite common and do not ...

A landmark 20-year analysis of the ACTIVE trial suggests that targeted, reinforced speed-based cognitive training may delay dementia diagnosis, offering new insight into how structured mental ...

Millions of adults over 50 who faithfully hit the federal daily target of 2.4 micrograms of vitamin B12 may still be leaving ...