Dull Minds Are Gullible to Fake News
Cognitive ability drives our ability to recalibrate our views after reading a correction.
Cognitive Skill
Facial Recognition: Are We Born With It?
Do we get our cognitive abilities from our inherited "nature" or from our environment's "nurture?"
When Do We Learn to Rationalize?
Children begin to rationalize rather than change their circumstances by as early as age four, a new study suggests.
Green Spaces Linked to Kids' Cognitive Development
New Spanish research finds young brains develop faster if kids have more exposure to the natural world.
Tracking the Evolving Brain of the Young Musician
An ambitious five-year study of young orchestral players aims to determine how taking group music lessons impacts them intellectually and emotionally.
Boost Cognitive Skills, Boost Grades—Right?
The link between cognitive ability and academic performance is an intuitive one, but a new study says there's little evidence to support or refute the value of "executive function" curricula.