By documenting moments and facts with digital ease, your brain’s ability to encode and retain that information in long-term ...

Cognitive control encompasses the ensemble of neural and cognitive processes that steer thoughts and actions in line with internally maintained objectives. It underpins executive functions such as ...

Scientists have discovered that a simple writing test could detect cognitive impairment in older adults before more serious ...

New research led by the University of St Andrews has shown that children perform cognitive tasks faster on their own in studies, rather than in the presence of a stranger. Cognitive control ...

A new study uses the psychological Stroop task to uncover a catastrophic performance collapse in LLM attention and executive ...

Altered tactile decision-making in autism reflects context-dependent weighting of sensory inputs and diminished integration of sensory history, enhancing low-salience discrimination while reducing ...

Relying on AI to lighten our cognitive load may potentially undercut our own capabilities.

A new study explores the effects of both recent and lifetime cannabis use on brain function during cognitive tasks. The study, the largest of its kind ever to be completed, examined the effects of ...

Objectives To evaluate the association between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and cognition in a large sample of older adults, and to examine clinical and demographic factors that might moderate ...

Cognitive and physical training can help older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) maintain or improve their ability to move and think simultaneously, but hearing ability and sex influence ...

Gaming science reveals how video games boost cognitive skills like memory and attention, with NIH studies showing gamers perform like people years younger. Pixabay, Vika_Glitter Video games have long ...