Visual motion detection refers to the visual system’s ability to perceive and process motion based on changing patterns of ...

A new study offers compelling evidence that any kind of exercise positively impacts overall cognitive function, memory, and executive skills across all populations and ages.

In a world beyond cognition, we must rethink how we learn, create, and decide—balancing human intuition with the power of ...

Students are given a strong foundation in current theory and methods and have the opportunity to specialize within a number of substantive areas of research that include: The Cognitive and Brain ...

The list of treatments for low back pain is endless, but few offer relief for the one in four Americans who suffer from this ...

A consistent finding in aging research is that older adults tend to perform worse than younger adults on tests of memory and ...

MACOMB/MOLINE, IL - - Western Illinois University's School of Education and the Department of Physics will host a joint presentation looking at a Nobel Prize-winning dissipative structures theory that ...

For the first time, scientists have confirmed a neurobiochemical link between dopamine and cognitive flexibility, according to new research published in the March issue of The Journal of Nuclear ...

Eight weeks of mindfulness or cognitive behavioral therapy were associated with improved pain, physical function and quality of life and reduced daily opioid dose in adults with chronic low back pain ...