In the fields of American history and American studies, there is a concept called a "usable past.” (The term was coined by literary critic and historian Van Wyck Brooks in the early 20 th century.) ...

Scientists have shown that brain connectivity patterns can predict mental functions across the entire brain. Each region has ...

The ways you naturally choose to spend your free time might reveal more about your cognitive abilities than any test ever could.

Scientists are a step closer to understanding why we remember some things and forget others. Researchers at Rice University in Houston, Texas, conducted a study that found that we tend to remember ...

Since no one ever does anything worthwhile on their own, who you know is important. But what you know — and what you do with what you know — is crucial. Learning, memory, and cognitive skills are a ...