Cognitive

Listening to music and drinking coffee are the sorts of everyday pleasures that can impact a person's brain activity in ways that improve cognitive performance, including in tasks requiring…

When a fragrance wafted through the bedrooms of older adults for two hours every night for six months, memories skyrocketed. Participants in this study by University of California, Irvine…

Scientists at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have discovered what they believe to be the central mechanism behind cognitive decline associated with normal aging. "The…

Children who begin reading for pleasure early in life tend to perform better at cognitive tests and have better mental health when they enter adolescence, a study of more than 10,000 young…

Appletoday previewed software features for cognitive, vision, hearing and mobility accessibility, along with new ools for individuals who are non speaking or at risk of losing their ability…

Li's vision for the future of machine intelligence, which he calls “cognitive physics”, builds on the scientific…

Video games have long been associated as a wrong influence on children. Many parents have long shunned video games from their household, as they believe it could have negative…

In-development video games for dogs could have long-lasting, positive effects on their brain health. A UK start-up company called Joipaw is attempting to develop puzzle…

Tucked underneath the brain's outer, wrinkly cortex is a deeply mysterious area, known as the claustrum. This region has long been known to exchange signals with much of the cortex, which is…

For years, parents of young children have forced kids to stay away from video gaming due to its 'harmful addictive nature.' However, a new study claims that playing video games…