Intelligence

Study in 4-6 year olds finds fitness-cognition linkCredit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers report that 4-6-year-old children who walk further than their peers during a timed test - a method used to estimate…

Cognitive training sessions delivered outside a controlled lab setting - "in the wild" - can lead to lasting brain health improvements DALLAS (January 26, 2021) - Many people believe that they can't change their brains, or that their brain…

Study offers view of genetics of noncognitive skills influencing educational success Noncognitive skills and cognitive abilities are both important contributors to educational attainment -- the number of years of formal schooling that a…

The Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Rumi Scientific announced today that they will team up to initiate a drug discovery pipeline for rare genetic disorders that carry a…

Credit: (Illustrations by MATSUMURA Minami) When toddlers begin to use a spoon to eat by themselves, what kind of interactions occur between them and their caregiver to facilitate this behavior? An international research…

Doctors should change the way that they ask patients about self-harm and suicide, study recommends Doctors can better help patients with mental health concerns by adopting a different questioning style around self-harm and suicide, experts…

Scientists launch hexxed - a free mobile game designed to map human intelligence across the globeCredit: Marta Correia. The Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown. Portugal. Within a short span of time and with few instructions, people…

A new study by the UC Davis MIND Institute finds a connection between gestational age and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms in children with Down syndrome. The research, published in Scientific Reports, focused on…

Credit: The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory If you open your office door one morning and there is a new package waiting on your desk, that's what you will notice most in the otherwise unchanged room. A new study by MIT and…

The spirited songbirds can rapidly memorize the signature sounds of at least 50 different members of their flockCredit: Image courtesy of Frederic Theunissen If songbirds could appear on "The Masked Singer" reality TV competition,…

Study participants had higher lead exposures typical for the 1970s DURHAM, N.C. -- More than three decades after they were found to have elevated blood lead levels as children, a group of middle-aged adults were found to have some small…

While in Paris in the 1990s, Georgie briefly watched a professional photographer taking pictures of kids playing in a small park near Les Halles and thought nothing of it. Ten years later she was having breakfast in Australia's Byron…

Study shows disparities among black womenCredit: Seattle Children's Vitamin D is a critical nutrient and has many important functions in the body. A mother's vitamin D supply is passed to her baby in utero and helps regulate processes…

As part of a global collaboration, the Center for BrainHealth proposes a holistic economic reimagination that focuses on brain health to improve employees' resilience DALLAS (October 26, 2020) - After the COVID-19 pandemic crippled the…

12-week double-blind control trial in 148 Air Force airmenCredit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers studied the effects of a 12-week exercise regimen on 148 active-duty Air Force airmen, half of whom…

Russian research team gains deeper insight into the workings of the human brain during group problemCredit: Shpurov IY, Vlasova RM, Rumshiskaya AD, Rozovskaya RI, Mershina EA, Sinitsyn VE and Pechenkova EV (2020) Neural Correlates of Group…

Cognitive problems stem from episodes of diabetic ketoacidosis Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), a serious but common complication of type 1 diabetes, is linked to lower IQ scores and worse memory in children with type 1 diabetes, according to…

HSE University researchers have confirmed that the level of phonological processing skills in children can impact their ability to master reading. Complex phonological tests are best suited to detect phonological impairment. The study was…

Just a single exercise workout has positive effects on learning and memory in young adults, according to a recent review of published studies. The review, which is published in Translational Sports Medicine, included 13 relevant…

Credit: Silvia Marchesotti Restoring normal patterns of rhythmic neural activity through non-invasive electrical stimulation of the brain alleviates sound-processing deficits and improves reading accuracy in adults with dyslexia,…