‘Who’s a good boy? Yes, you are!’

New blood tests for Alzheimer’s won’t give you an instant diagnosis. Here’s what they’ll tell you instead.

A new study looked at almost one million married couples and found dementia clustered among couples. Shared lifestyle doesn’t explain everything.

There’s a difference between using a tool to assist you, and using one to replace cognitive effort.

Blaming behaviour we don’t like on a disease means less accountability, and is bad for those who live with dementia. It’s also often inaccurate.

If a baby doesn’t show a clear response at a particular age, it does not necessarily mean they have stopped learning or missed an important step.

This common mental challenge is "blood, sweat and tears" for your brain.

Abstract. How is object information organized in high-level visual cortex? A recent comprehensive model of object space in macaques defines object space via orthogonal axes of animacy and aspect ratio...

Ever experienced a moment of flow when working with another human to achieve a common goal, almost as if you and your collaborator are tuned in to each other's brains? You may have literally been 'in ...

Whether great minds think alike is up for debate, but the collaborating minds of two people working on a shared task process information alike, according to a study published November 25th in the open...

People who did a lot of physical activity between 45 and 64 had much lower odds of developing dementia – even when they carried a genetic risk factor.

Black Friday is a psychological event, carefully designed to take advantage of how your brain makes decisions. But you can stay one step ahead this sales season.

See how your face recognition skills compare to others with our free tests. Find out for free if you are a super-recogniser or face-blind.

Within a fraction of a second of seeing another person being touched, our brains figure out who is involved and how it might feel.

Humans are surprisingly bad at being unpredictable.

Company Description: Western Sydney University is a modern, forward-thinking, research-led institution at the heart of Australia’s fastest-growing and most economically significant region. With 11 cam...

Some memories fade away, while others stay with us for life. But why can we remember some things and not others? And can you "make" a memory? This is what the experts say.

Although several studies independently explore temperament and parenting, research on connections between temperament and mind-mindedness are largely absent. This study examined relationships between....