Valeria Vinogradova, a researcher at HSE University, together with British colleagues, studied how language proficiency affects cognitive processing in deaf adults. The study showed that higher ...

Childbirth in humans is much more complex and painful than in great apes. It was long believed that this was a result of humans' larger brains and the narrow dimensions of the mother's pelvis.

Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have found that cooperative hunting, in which two or more predators collaborate to capture prey, does not require sophisticated cognitive processes in the ...

Gardening could help aging adults stay sharp later in life, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland ...

In a new study Indiana University researchers observed episodic memory in rats to a degree never documented before, suggesting that rats can serve as a model for complex cognitive processes often ...

More people are talking about executive dysfunction—but what exactly is it? Collage with hands holding arrows in many directions with brain illustration on blue background. Organizing thoughts, ...

The other "d word" in our digital world is dopamine. From the pulsating excitement of video games to the constant notifications of social media, our brains have become accustomed to a steady diet of ...

How we see, hear, and think about what we experience within and outside ourselves determines who we are and how we relate to the world. Disorders such as anxiety not only interfere with but also ...

The cognitive domain comprises of six different categories or hierarchical levels known as the Blooms Taxonomy. These six levels are identified as knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, ...

Through the use of artificial intelligence technology, a team of scientists has shown that advanced cognitive abilities are unnecessary for cooperative hunting. Their findings suggest that cooperative ...