Sixth form students discover how humour and curiosity can improve memory and engagement in class.

For decades, higher education has relied on a familiar model: expert-led lectures, content-heavy curricula and assessments designed to measure recall. While this approach has produced graduates with ...

Playing a musical instrument or singing could help keep the brain healthy in older age, UK researchers suggest. Practising and reading music may help sustain good memory and the ability to solve ...

While we know physical activity is good for the mind, we have rarely seen evidence in real time. A new study, conducted at the University of Iowa, reveals that exercise speeds up specific brain ...

As a researcher investigating how electric brain stimulation can improve people’s powers of recollection, I’m often asked how ...

A new study suggests that activities like reading, writing or learning languages may reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease by nearly 40%. Researchers examined data of 1,939 people, with an average ...