Binge drinking occurs most frequently among young people, and there has been concern that consequences will be especially severe if the brain is still developing, as it is in adolescence.

Following on from research showing that long-term meditation is associated with gray matter increases across the brain, an imaging study involving 27 long-term meditators (average age 52) and 27 controls (matched by age and sex) has revealed pronounced differences in white-matter connectivity be

An increasing number of studies have been showing the benefits of bilingualism, both for children and in old age.

It has been difficult to train individuals in such a way that they improve in general skills rather than the specific ones used in training.

A number of studies have demonstrated the cognitive benefits of music training for children. Now research is beginning to explore just how long those benefits last.

Once upon a time we made a clear difference between emotion and reason. Now increasing evidence points to the necessity of emotion for good reasoning. It’s clear the two are deeply entangled.

I’ve always been intrigued by neurofeedback training. But when it first raised its head, technology was far less sophisticated.

As I’ve discussed on many occasions, a critical part of attention (and