FeaturedNeuroscience·May 20, 2021·5 min readThese Cognitive Exercises Help Young Children Boost Their Math SkillsChildren show improved ability in their math skills when they are trained to practice visual working memory and reasoning tasks.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 6, 2021·4 min readOnline Learning Doesn’t Improve Student Sleep HabitsStudents who embarked on online learning went to bed, on average, thirty minutes later than they did while entered into in-person learning. They also slept less efficiently and napped more during the day.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 27, 2021·3 min readHigher Education Does Not Influence How the Brain AgesA new study disputes the common belief that obtaining a higher education can help slow brain aging.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·March 24, 2021·4 min readHigher Education Levels Linked to Greater Well-Being for WomenWomen who embarked on higher education reported better overall psychological well-being, positive affect, and reduced psychological distress.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·March 11, 2021·6 min readReading Skills Affect Everything, Even MathResearchers have identified a connectivity fingerprint that suggests the brain's reading network works across different cognitive domains, even mathematical skills.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 9, 2021·6 min readLife Expectancy Falling for Adults Without a Bachelor’s DegreeSince 2010, there has been an absolute rise in mortality for adults without a college degree. For those with higher education experience, mortality rates have decreased during the same time period.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 1, 2021·5 min readEducation Inequalities Linked to Increased Cognitive Aging in WomenOlder women tended to have poorer memory fluidity scores than men of the same age group. However, the reverse was true for younger women. Researchers propose the difference could be a result of younger women having more access to higher education than previous generations.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·January 10, 2021·7 min readNoncognitive Skills, Distinct From Cognitive Abilities, Are Important to Success Across the LifeThe genetics of neurocognitive skills were associated with higher tolerance of risk, delayed fertility, less healthy-risk behavior, and a greater willingness to forgo immediate gratification.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 5, 2020·2 min readEarly-life education improves memory in old age, especially for womenFemales who attend school for longer have better memory ability in old age, a new study reports. For each year of education, memory gains were, on average, five times greater for women than the losses experienced due to each year of aging.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·April 7, 2020·6 min readStudents who listened to Beethoven during lectures and sleep performed better on testsListening to classical music during a lecture and again as you sleep can help improve test performance.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 20, 2020·4 min readWant to live longer? Stay in schoolA person's level of education is the best predictor of lifespan, a new study reports. 13% of those with a high school education or less died before the age of 60. Only 5% of people with a college-level education died before the age of 60.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 18, 2020·3 min readTesting during studying improves memory and inferenceTesting yourself while learning improves your ability to make inferences about the subject matter.Read More