Yes, some of these are fun! Here are neurology and brain scientists' tips to "exercise" this super organ—your brilliant brain ...

Books are still the best gift for grandma this holiday season, and Beckman researchers have the science to back it up. Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology Baseball may be America’s ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Plenty of people acknowledge forgetting most of what they read, no matter how much they enjoyed the text. But just because forgetting is a human ...

Being a bookworm, jotting down your thoughts and completing other tasks that keep your brain active may help you stay sharp in your later years. A study published on July 3 in Neurology revealed that ...

Old fashioned books have picked up a lot of haters in recent years. Environmentalists have decried them as "dead tree" mediums, while average readers often complain they can be weighty, cumbersome and ...

Many struggling readers are held back by challenges with their working memory. When students cannot retain information long enough to make sense of what they’re reading, comprehension suffers, ...

Picking up your favorite novel and diving into the world of words is the best way to take some time off from the rat race of life. But this leisure pursuit can also help you to sharpen your memory and ...

Scientists and designers have created a font that supposedly helps people to remember more of what they read. Called Sans Forgetica, it was developed by typographic designers and psychologists, ...

E-readers and tablets are becoming more popular as such technologies improve, but reading on paper still has its advantages One of the most provocative viral YouTube videos in the past two years ...

It’s no understatement that digital mediums have taken over every aspect of our lives. We check what our friends are doing on the glowing screens in our hands, read books on dedicated e-readers, and ...