To say that facts are less important than feelings in shaping our beliefs about empirical matters seems new, at least in American politics. In the past we have faced serious challenges — even to the ...

Mental capabilities vary greatly between people as they age, but risk factors linked to cognitive decline explain very little of these differences, researchers say. In a new study, investigators from ...

Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut Cognitive psychology and neuroscience studies have found that the exact opposite is often true when it comes to politics: ...

With many millions of Americans suffering from Alzheimer’s and dementia, cognitive decline is a major issue. The cost of dementia care is a rude awakening for many families, and patients experiencing ...

Researchers have provided the first experimental evidence that brain regions can evolve independently of each other during cognitive evolution. This so called mosaic brain evolution was verified ...