Created with Sketch. Metacognition, or the awareness of your own thinking and thought processes, is recognized as an important step in cognitive development—for example, when a child reads a ...

Donald Trump bizarrely impersonated a duck during his town hall in Pennsylvania on Sunday, not long after boasting that he ...

Playing video games may boost your cognitive abilities and exercise can play a role in improving your mental health, but not the other way around, a large-scale study has found. The surprise ...

Former President Donald Trump claimed to have again “aced” an increasingly difficult cognitive test involving intricate math ...

Still, humans perform cognitive tasks at a level of sophistication not seen in chimps—we can solve differential equations or compose majestic symphonies. Is language needed in some form for ...

It is the subject of a new theory based on experiments showing that the grass is usually not greener on the other side of the fence and that grapes are sourest when ...

Former President Donald Trump has demanded Vice President Kamala Harris take a cognitive test, claiming Monday that his election rival’s “totally bonkers” replies to questions suggests there ...

Cognitive control is the process by which goals or plans influence behaviour. Also called executive control, this process can inhibit automatic responses and influence working memory. Cognitive ...

Research in cognitive science and psychology is generating new insights into how we learn. Below, educational consultant and writer David Didau explores some key theories about learning – as ...

Saint Louis University’s Geriatric Education Center (GEC) offers cognitive stimulation therapy (CST), a support group for people experiencing memory challenges. Cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) is ...

Scientists shed light on the often-overlooked role of the cerebellum in both motor and social-cognitive processes. His research contributes to a growing shift in the field of neuroscience ...

It’s estimated that at least 4.3 million people 55 or older in the United States with cognitive impairment or dementia live alone. Denise Baker, a former CIA analyst who lives alone in Asheville ...