Adults learn skills faster but forget more easily, while children retain skills better due to the benefits of sleep, ...

A study reveals that young adults outpace children in learning new motor skills. However, they also lose these skills faster.

Contrary to popular belief, children aren’t better at learning new skills than adults. Indeed, young adults seem to learn faster than kids – but also tend to forget more quickly. Here, better sleep ...

As people age, the body changes as part of the normal ageing process, such as greying hair and loss of elasticity in the skin ...

According to the researchers, this suggests that sleep benefits children’s learning and memory more. But other factors could ...

Adding more brain-healthy habits into our lives, such as eating blueberries, sleeping on our left side and even getting the ...

Brain-training games remain unproven, but research shows what sorts of activities do benefit cognitive functioning.

Some 2.3 million of U.S. adults over 65—more than 4%—have a diagnosis of dementia. But even without a diagnosis, a certain ...