A new study reveals how literacy fundamentally rewires the human mind, sharpening memory, focus, and face recognition.

Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation was associated with reduced anxiety severity but showed no significant benefit for working memory or inhibitory control in healthy adults.

Humans have long been searching for a “magic elixir” to make us smarter and improve our focus and memory. This includes traditional Chinese medicine used thousands of years ago to improve cognitive ...

Recently, there has been an increase in the use of stimulant prescription-only drugs by students and employees to increase their academic and other work productivity. Even though it has been perceived ...

Smartphones, online learning, generative AI: The way we read has changed more in the last decade than in the previous century. So what do we actually know about what reading does for the mind? In his ...

The pursuit of sharper thinking and mental clarity has fueled interest in natural brain supplements. As people seek ways to improve memory, focus, and cognitive resilience, science continues to ...

Eugene Russo's story "Are cognitive enhancers less ethical than eyeglasses?"1 raises some interesting points. A record-breaking athlete who tests positive for banned substances has his record ...

The concept of cognitive enhancement encompasses the use of pharmacological agents by healthy individuals to improve mental functions such as attention, memory, alertness and executive control.

This post was co-authored by Erin C. Conrad, M.D. and Stacey Humphries, Ph.D. Paul Erdős is one of the most successful mathematicians in history. With more than 1,000 papers to his name, his ...

A study titled “Improved metabolic function and cognitive performance in middle-aged adults following a single dose of wild blueberry” [1] was published on the 3rd of August 2020 in the European ...