The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Peer-reviewed trial shows a 12-hour Working Memory training program strongly impacts students' academic trajectories - ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich.---Brain and memory training programs are popular, but they don't work well for everyone, says a Universitiy of Michigan psychologist. New research by Cindy Lustig, a U-M assistant ...

In the arena of cognitive psychology, scientists typically devise laboratory tasks that have little to do with everyday life in order to test a theoretical model. Findings from such experiments help ...

A form of computerised attention and memory training can improve impaired attention and memory issues in women treated for breast cancer, University of Reading researchers have found. ‘Chemo-brain’ ...

Apps that train cognitive skills claim to help children learn, and some research backs that up. But there are concerns cognitive training hinders reading development. The years of educational ...

Working memory refers to the memory you can consciously hold in your mind at any one instant—such as a phone number you just looked up. Most people can only hold about four totally independent items ...

Third-graders at Gonzales Primary School are taking part in the Cogmed Working Memory Training program thanks to a grant from The Ascension Fund. Teacher Deidre Kibbie said the grant, sponsored by the ...