I have been a regular coffee drinker since college (and especially during the challenging days of medical school.) Last year, ...

Scores on a memory test dropped as football experience rose, and the pattern held across thousands of former players. This trend was the focus of a large analysis of retired American football players ...

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder is frequently stereotyped as a condition affecting school-aged children who cannot ...

A unique six-decade study shows that higher prenatal and early postnatal lead exposure is tied to cognitive performance in ...

Exposure to higher levels of light can help people feel more awake and increase cognitive performance, probably by influencing the activity of parts of a brain region called the hypothalamus, ...

Natural speech timing patterns may offer a practical and sensitive way to detect early cognitive decline.

A study of U.S. veterans found that their episodic visual memory, motor learning, and sustained visual attention improved after treatment for PTSD. The magnitude of these improvements was associated ...

Amid an ever-growing set of studies detailing the negative effects of video games and screen time on adolescent health, a new investigation offers some good news for young gamers. Children who play ...

Increased second trimester lead exposure in women was significantly linked to decreased cognitive function later in adulthood ...

The CREST-2 substudy included a "cognitive core" component to assess cognitive performance before treatment and yearly for up to four years. This is the first large carotid stenosis study to include ...