Dementia claims the lives of smarter people sooner, scientists have discovered. People who spend more years at school or in education are likely to deteriorate from the neurodegenerative disease ...

Optical illusions like the hidden cactus challenge can test and enhance observation skills, cognitive flexibility, and ...

In the animal kingdom, having a big brain is usually linked with being ... have good short-term memory – two traits considered 'clever' in dogs. Meanwhile, breeds with bigger brains scored ...

While grim, it is a clever approach: fMRI brains scans appear to confirm the ... This could be considered a fight-or-flight response, as both are parts of the brain associated with rapid defensive ...

Have you been baffled by the mental dexterity shown on The Family Brain Games, or do you think you've got what it takes to compete alongside the teams? The players in the BBC Two contest have to ...

A few users believed they had cracked the code. “It’s simple if you notice the pattern—multiply the number by itself, then subtract it,” one user explained. Meanwhile, another joked, “I was good at ...

expression in the mouse brain, clarifying prior inconsistencies. Researchers were able to tag neuronal populations that express nIL-1R1 using a clever cell tagging approach, offering new insights ...