How is it that students with ADHD and gifted students share similar IQ and behavior profiles, yet they have very different learning profiles? The answer was in their working memory profile.

Working memory, our ability to process and remember information, is linked to a range of cognitive activities from reasoning tasks to verbal comprehension. There is also extensive evidence of the ...

A new study published in Nature Communications provides evidence that the brain chemical dopamine plays a sophisticated, dual role in how we learn, influencing both our fast, effortful thinking and ...

Working memory is the part of short-term memory that temporarily stores and manages information required for cognitive tasks such as learning, reasoning, and comprehension.

Nerve protein linked to learning and memory Date: November 1, 2011 Source: University of Illinois at Chicago Summary: Biology professors have found the protein tomosyn plays an important role in ...

Using delayed matching-to-sample task (DMTS)—a cognitive task that can be used to evaluate underlying neurobehavioral functions, such as attention and working memory, and has been demonstrated ...

The implications are clear: even low-level lead exposure can undermine key cognitive functions in young children. As memory and attention are foundational for academic and social success, this ...

Night-shift work can cause memory and other brain function problems, an analysis published Tuesday by the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine found.