The harm of social media goes deeper than you might think. The apps are impacting attention spans and working memory skills ...

Shapiro signs bill that requires teaching cursive writing in schools ...

Education nowadays is nonlinear. Standardized testing, multimedia diversions, and competitive university entry requirements ...

What if the brains of younger generations functioned differently from those of their elders? Recent work in neuroscience and ...

The work reveals that the brain — in mice and, presumably, in humans — is actively involved in the development of endurance, ...

Studies on the neurons of mice suggest our own human endurance may have more to do with the brain than our physique.

Exercise does more than strengthen muscles; it also rewires the brain. In a study published in Neuron, researchers reveal that the lasting gain in endurance from repeated exercise—such as the ability ...

A simple brain-training program that sharpens how quickly older adults process visual information may have a surprisingly powerful long-term payoff. In a major 20-year study of adults 65 and older, ...

Engaging in a variety of intellectually stimulating activities throughout life, such as reading, writing and learning a language, is associated with a lower risk of Alzheimer's disease and slower ...