Plenty of research suggests that reading supports long-term brain health: A 14-year longitudinal study of older adults revealed that frequent readers (those who read at least once a week) had a ...

It's early days, but this technology could massively improve the quality of life of people who are unable to speak.

Up to 20% of the population experiences symptoms of dyslexia, a lifelong neurological disorder that makes it difficult to read fluently. Examining why dyslexia happens — and how we intervene — has ...

Earlier this summer, the curriculum and assessment company Amplify reported that 70% of kindergartners and first graders were ...

Researchers from the HSE Centre for Language and Brain have developed a tool for accurately assessing reading skills in adults with reading impairments. It can be used, for instance, before and after ...

Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are surgically implanted devices that link the brain to a computer. They can be helpful for ...

After a brain stem stroke left him almost entirely paralyzed in the 1990s, French journalist Jean-Dominique Bauby wrote a book about his experiences—letter by letter, blinking his left eye in response ...

Parents can boost their child's memory through simple methods. Adequate sleep is crucial for memory consolidation. Active ...

It’s an illusion that dates back to Roman magicians, but the “cups and balls” trick continues to awe: three overturned cups, three balls and a magician that seems to make the balls move through one ...

Mark Jackson is playing a computer game with his mind. As he reclines in bed, three blue circles appear on a laptop screen a few feet away. One turns red: the target. Jackson is in control of a white ...

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