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·May 20, 2021·5 min read

These Cognitive Exercises Help Young Children Boost Their Math Skills

Children show improved ability in their math skills when they are trained to practice visual working memory and reasoning tasks.

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·May 6, 2021·4 min read

Online Learning Doesn’t Improve Student Sleep Habits

Students 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.

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·April 27, 2021·3 min read

Higher Education Does Not Influence How the Brain Ages

A new study disputes the common belief that obtaining a higher education can help slow brain aging.

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·March 24, 2021·4 min read

Higher Education Levels Linked to Greater Well-Being for Women

Women who embarked on higher education reported better overall psychological well-being, positive affect, and reduced psychological distress.

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·March 11, 2021·6 min read

Reading Skills Affect Everything, Even Math

Researchers have identified a connectivity fingerprint that suggests the brain's reading network works across different cognitive domains, even mathematical skills.

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·March 9, 2021·6 min read

Life Expectancy Falling for Adults Without a Bachelor’s Degree

Since 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.

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·February 1, 2021·5 min read

Education Inequalities Linked to Increased Cognitive Aging in Women

Older 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.

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·January 10, 2021·7 min read

Noncognitive Skills, Distinct From Cognitive Abilities, Are Important to Success Across the Life

The 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.

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·June 5, 2020·2 min read

Early-life education improves memory in old age, especially for women

Females 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.

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·April 7, 2020·6 min read

Students who listened to Beethoven during lectures and sleep performed better on tests

Listening to classical music during a lecture and again as you sleep can help improve test performance.

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·February 20, 2020·4 min read

Want to live longer? Stay in school

A 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.