Specific cognitive skills like reading, math, and processing speed are strongly influenced by genetics, even when separated from a person’s overall intelligence. A massive new meta-analysis reveals ...

As per the study, interactive games appear to help with working memory and task-switching.

In a new study, Yale researchers offer a look into how infants’ brains work and change over time, and how these processes can be disrupted by preterm birth. The findings, the researchers say, could ...

For some people, extreme stressors like psychiatric disorders or childhood neglect and abuse can lead to a range of health problems later in life, including depression, anxiety and cardiovascular ...

Higher cardiorespiratory fitness in older age is linked to the preservation of several core aspects of cognitive ability that are vulnerable to age-related decline, finds research published online in ...

The study tested 267 soldiers, finding that 20 minutes of activity strongly predicts performance on the Armed Forces ...

Because video games are a regular part of many people's everyday lives, researchers have spent a lot of time trying to ...