quick studies

Even under the guidance of a specialist trainer, computer-based brain exercises have only modest benefits, a new analysis shows.

Brief, directed conversations are more effective at identifying liars than fancy behavioral analysis, experiment suggests.

A new survey of eighth graders suggests that an unjustifiably high opinion of oneself has subtler effects on relationships than previously thought.

Researchers find—yet again—that teens really do need to sleep in.

Experiment suggests seniors benefit from trial-and-error learning just as much, and in the same ways, as young adults.