A new study has revealed that neural inhibition and balanced neural activity in a specific area of the brain is required for ...

Blinking is a human reflex most often performed without thinking, like breathing. Although research on blinking is usually related to vision, a new Concordia study examines how blinking is connected ...

Playing video games has become a commonplace part of daily life for people of all ages. In the past twenty years, advances in technology have led to a dramatic increase in the popularity of all types ...

Your brain's capacity to strengthen and adapt doesn't decline the way we were taught, but how you use it matters enormously.

People blink less when working harder to understand speech in noisy environments, suggesting that blinking is tightly linked ...

The New York Times recently published an article about the "brain fitness" business, "Do Brain Workouts Work? Science Isn’t Sure." I believe the answer is no. Without a variety of other daily habits, ...

The scientific study of both internal mental processes and observable behavior is known as psychology. It explains activities ...

Decades of exercise research data support the common view that steady workouts over the long haul produce not only physical benefits but also improved brain function. But what about single bursts of ...

A new study finds younger Americans are more likely to develop cognitive disabilities and high stress levels. Ian Giles/Staffwriter. For many students at Carnegie Mellon, their entire lives — from ...

Cancer related cognitive impairment in patients can stem from the cancer itself as well as the therapies used to treat it.