The brain's ability to adapt and form new neural connections allows it to recover from injury and maintain cognitive function into old age. Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to adapt and ...

Modern classrooms are filled with the language of cognitive science. We talk about student engagement, working memory, attention, mindset, and cognitive load as if we can observe these things directly ...

How we process the world—absorbing, interpreting, and responding to our surroundings—is never a one-way street. No two people ...

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This post is part two in a series. Co-authored with Faye Cormick, Ph.D.candidate. In our previous post, we looked at what cognitive diversity is, why it matters, the neuroscience behind it, and the ...

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 ...