A new study has examined the role of several cognitive functions in young students learning to write English, their second language. The study conducted a battery of cognitive tests, gauged the ...

A Dartmouth study challenges the conventional view that the amygdala-the two-sided structure deep in the brain involved in emotion, learning, and decision making-is simply the brain's primitive "fear ...

Sleep is a crucial part of one’s wellbeing – and there is no questioning this fact. Sleep impacts how our body functions overall. We often associate daytime naps with obesity and metabolic disorders.