University of Liverpool provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. London School of Economics and Political Science provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Most adults ...

Soon after her 65th birthday, a close friend became increasingly worried about her memory, wondering if she could have the beginnings of dementia. Although she seemed to have no more difficulty than ...

Name-calling and insults - key moments from Biden and Trump’s first presidential debate Age and mental fitness recently have become a leading issue in the US presidential race. While the issue has ...

In new research, neuroscientists find that even high-performing schools don't influence their students' abstract reasoning. MIT neuroscientists find even high-performing schools don't influence their ...

Cognitive ability tests are the best way for medical schools to select their entrants, rather than interviews and psychological tests, says an editorial in this week’s BMJ. The selection of tomorrow’s ...