Lawyers strive for fairness and justice in every case they handle. However, the behavioral science research shows that human reasoning in legal contexts is inherently flawed and vulnerable to both ...

The response, at least in its ideal form, was not to narrow literacy instruction but to strengthen it. Schools restored ...

The robots are coming. A silicon super-intelligence is on the cusp of transforming the world of work, giving life to a million hopes, fears and think pieces. Unlike a prior generation of “dumb” robots ...

Higher childhood intelligence correlates with longer, healthier life and reduced disease risk by 20-25%. Childhood intelligence strongly predicts cognitive abilities in old age, with lifestyle factors ...

Dementia represents far more than occasional forgetfulness or confusion. This collection of cognitive conditions affects millions worldwide, fundamentally altering lives and challenging our ...

This is the second of three chapters exploring risk and protective factors and interventions relevant to cognitive aging. Chapter 4A discusses lifestyle factors and the physical environment, and ...

Recently I was having a conversation with a long-term friend. He knows that I am a healthy eater and that I eat little red meat, which is precisely why he brought up the subject. Looking to needle me ...

The outcome of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, one of the most consequential in recent history, was determined in no small part by concerns about the cognitive state of President Biden and the ...

Many police firearms training programs confuse exposure with true learning, creating skills that work on the firing range but fail under real-world pressure.