Cognition

Unique patterns of neuron activation help tiny birds catalog thousands of scattered food caches

Engaging the fine motor system to produce letters by hand has positive effects on learning and memory

Unpleasant emotions like sadness and anger can feel overwhelming, but recent research suggests they can trigger behaviors that lead to something better

A former Jeopardy! winner led a new study that probes how linked memory systems may give trivia buffs an edge in their game

Tiny clumps of cells show basic cognitive abilities, and some animals can remember things after losing their head

We will never know if we live in a computer simulation; here is a more interesting question

If holiday music seems designed in a lab to get stuck on repeat inside your head for all of December, well, it kind of is

New research suggests that hitting the snooze button to squeeze in an extra five or 10 minutes of sleep may actually be good for you

A rise in IQs in recent decades is mirrored by a trend showing an increase in adults’ ability to concentrate

Experiments visualize a rodent’s ability to imagine the future

Participants who smelled odors while they slept performed better on word-recall tests

A theory called panpsychism proposes that consciousness is a fundamental aspect of reality