• A comparison of the brains of London taxi drivers before and after their lengthy training shows clearly that the increase in hippocampal gray matter develops with training, but this may come at the expense of other brain functions.

A new study shows that some math-anxious students can overcome performance deficits through their ability to control their negative responses. The finding indicates that interventions should focus on anticipatory cognitive control.

It seems that what is said by deeper male voices is remembered better by heterosexual women, while memory is impaired for higher male voices. Pitch didn’t affect the memorability of female voices.

A month-long music-based program produced dramatic improvement in preschoolers’ language skills. Another study helps explain why music training helps language skills.

Two recent studies in embodied cognition show that hand movements and hand position are associated with less abstract thinking.

New study modifies findings that younger adults are better decision-makers by showing older adults are better when the scenarios involve multiple considerations.

A six-week memory fitness program offered to older adults helped improve their ability to recognize and recall words.

New evidence challenges the view that older adults learn best through errorless learning. Trial-and-error learning can be better if done the right way.