cognition

When Prince Harry's long-awaited memoir, Spare, hit bookshops on January 10, readers were quick to point out discrepancies in his recollections.

The rod pierced his temporal lobe, which handles memory, language, emotions and visual processing, but the man has made a full recovery.

"In the field of environmental neurosciences, we aim at studying the healing impacts of natural environments," one of the German researchers told Newsweek.

Scientists detected the unusual condition known as aphantasia in people's pupils while asking them to imagine dark or bright shapes.

Willis' daughter Rumer announced the action film star's aphasia diagnosis via Instagram. The condition affects people's abilities to communicate with others.

A newer study suggests that daily exercise can decrease anxiety, which may help with an array of pandemic-induced symptoms documented in other research.

The amount of fat and muscle a person has appears to be more important than chronological age for preserving a certain type of thinking, said co-author Auriel Willette, assistant professor at Iowa State University.

Over-active immune cells eat away at nerve cell connections.

People's driving abilities may still be impaired the next day.

Skip the supplements and load up on spinach instead.

Challenges can be fun, but they can also be very disorienting.

Study of menstrual cycle indicates hormones do not impair women's cognitive abilities.

Decades of research have proved that lead is a neurotoxin. A new study is the latest to confirm that adults who were exposed to lead as children have poorer cognition and lower-paying jobs.

An emerging field of study shows that prison uniforms make the incarcerated less likely to be rehabilitated.

A study sheds new light on the role of neurons when associative learning occurs.

It's well-known that partially hydrogenated oil is bad for heart health, but it can also impact mental function.