New research findings reveal that parents’ anxiety about mathematics can have a negative impact on their children’s early ...

The painkiller commonly used to relieve headaches, toothache, back pain and cold symptoms, may speed up reaction times, boost ...

Preschoolers' cognitive skills declined after COVID-19 lockdowns. Lower-income children suffered most post pandemic.

Tempting as it is to push memories of lockdown to the back of our minds, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has had a lasting effect on society. Now, new research reveals the long-reaching effect of ...

A decade on, Seattle's early learning program is preparing more students of color and students from low-income backgrounds for kindergarten, data shows.

The human brain filters trillions of sensory inputs down to just 10 bits per second, a cognitive bottleneck shaped by ...

Fluctuating LDL and total cholesterol levels in older adults may indicate increased dementia and cognitive decline risk.

For now, humans remain slow thinkers. We dream faster than we speak. We see more than we can process and we imagine more than ...

The X contains more genes related to brain function than does any other chromosome. “The X chromosome may be a treasure trove of genes that influence cognition, and these could be therapeutic targets, ...

A significant body of research demonstrates that exposure to wildfire smoke has negative effects on the brain.

Using a multi-strain probiotic formulation, researchers conducted a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial aimed at improving psychiatric and cognitive symptoms, intestinal permeability, ...

Lockdowns. Social distancing. Shuttered schools and businesses. The COVID-19 pandemic and its sweeping disruptions set off a stampede of "what it's doing to us" research, focused largely on ...