This post was co-authored with Professor John Vervaeke 1. Thinking, Fast and Slow is one of the great books written on cognition and decision making. In a clear and accessible fashion, it made popular ...

Your working memory, cognitive flexibility, and self-regulation are core components of executive function (EF), an interrelated set of mental skills that lay the foundation for advanced cognitive ...

Scientists discover spontaneous eye-blink rate is a simple marker of prefrontal dlPFC specialization and cognitive flexibility in preschoolers aged 3–6.

Cognition is the cornerstone of human potential, enabling knowledge acquisition, processing information, solving problems, and finding meaning. By sharpening cognitive skills—reasoning, ...

Cognitive computing is the use of computerized models to simulate the human thought process in complex situations where the answers might be ambiguous and uncertain. The phrase is closely associated ...

A new study of nearly 4,000 older adults reveals that daily variations in the stress hormone cortisol predict cognitive decline. Researchers found that moderate daily fluctuations may protect the ...

Let’s rewind and think about when companies across the globe were drowning in large amounts of paperwork. This may hit home for many people. I, too, struggled with the overwhelming data in my data ...

More than half of stroke survivors develop cognitive impairment within a year; screening may help detect cognitive impairment, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement More ...

Share on Pinterest Studies in mice go some way toward explaining why cognitive decline occurs later in life, and why some activities may help stave it off. Image credit: Thanasis Zovoilis/Getty Images ...