Maternal milk consumption is linked to improved school-age outcomes for preterm babies. Children born prematurely have a higher chance of inferior academic ability in math,…
Poor diet and household chaos may impair young children’s cognitive skills. According to study results from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, young children’s executive functioning—the…
Researchers from Texas A&M College of Medicine have provided answers to important questions concerning how the neocortex develops, providing new information about the root causes…
A new genetic disease slows down children’s brain development. A new genetic disease that causes some children’s brains to grow abnormally and postpone intellectual development…
The world’s first study of more than 1200 people demonstrates how youth fitness and obesity affect cognition in middle life Better physical test results are…
Gritty individuals may be better at self-control and exhibiting “cautious control,” but they are not necessarily more intelligent. According to a recent examination of the…
New research has identified an important molecular analogy that could explain the remarkable intelligence of these fascinating invertebrates. An exceptional organism with an extremely complex…
A new study finds that playing video games boosted children’s intelligence by 2.5 IQ points In today’s world, video games are only becoming more popular….
When genes mutate, it can result in severe diseases of the human nervous system. Neuroscientists at Leipzig University and the University of Würzburg have now…
Cognitive impairment as a result of severe COVID-19 is similar to that sustained between 50 and 70 years of age and is the equivalent to…
Bigger brains have led some species of parrot to live surprisingly long lives, new research shows. Parrots are famous for their remarkable cognitive abilities and…
Leaded gasoline calculated to have stolen more than 800 million cumulative IQ points since the 1940s. In 1923, lead was first added to gasoline…
New study uncovers obstacle to certain groups’ professional advancement in academia. The more an academic discipline is perceived to require raw talent or “brilliance” for…
Studies in brainless slime molds reveal that they use physical cues to decide where to grow. If you didn’t have a brain, could you still…
By four months of age the cognitive performance of ravens in experimental tasks testing their understanding of the physical world and how they interact with…
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…
Flame Retardants and Pesticides Overtake Heavy Metals As Biggest Contributors to IQ Loss Adverse outcomes from childhood exposures to lead and mercury are on the…
New research from Angela Duckworth of the University of Pennsylvania and colleagues finds that characteristics beyond intelligence influence long-term achievement. People often ask University of…
