Note-taking by hand fosters better learning and is an important physical therapy to nurture for a lifetime of aging dexterity ...

Neuropsychologists break down the pros and cons of reading versus listening and the brain health benefits for each.

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You may feel attractive today and pay more attention to your appearance as you socialize with friends. You might also want to enhance this mood by working to unleash your inner beauty through ...

Read along with the Book Review this summer: Can you check off five items before fall arrives? (This year, there are prizes!) By The New York Times Books Staff Welcome, dear readers, to our second ...

One evening in February, a small group of Oakland high school students gathered in a circle in a classroom at MetWest High School to talk about the issues that impact their mental health. It was quiet ...

When Briggitte Suastegui heard about Christopher Nolan's film adaptation of The Odyssey, she wanted to go back to its source material. She decided to start reading The Iliad first but had trouble ...

(CNN) — The World Health Organization has declared that an outbreak of Ebola in Central Africa is a public health emergency. Health officials are racing to trace contacts as the count of suspected ...

An international team of scientists has developed a new analysis of how sound waves behave, revealing surprising effects that have largely been overlooked for decades. In the new paper in Scientific ...

Reading aloud has become an act of punk rebellion. Something like listening to a recording of The Clash, flirting in a coffee shop at noon, or sitting down to watch John Wayne’s entire filmography.

Architectural visualization has long played a key role in communicating and shaping design ideas. Today, that role is expanding. With the rise of artificial intelligence, visualization is becoming ...

As spindly, elongated cells, neurons must be able to transport proteins and receptors between distant sites in their cell bodies and axons to function properly. A new imaging study by researchers at ...