Virtual environments have become invaluable platforms for investigating the cognitive processes that underpin human spatial orientation and movement. By simulating real or imagined spaces, these ...

While there is no denying ‘survival of the fittest’ still reigns supreme in the animal kingdom, a new study shows being smartest – or at least smarter – is pretty important, too. Western University ...

In a recent study published in Neuropsychologia, researchers investigate whether cognitive performance fluctuates during the menstrual cycle and the potential impact athletic involvement and skill has ...

Our thoughts are specified by our knowledge and plans, yet our cognition can also be fast and flexible in handling new information. How does the well-controlled and yet highly nimble nature of ...

Shannon Rosbotham is a PhD candidate studying the intersection of developmental cognitive psychology and neuroscience.

Cell damage from oxidative stress is a major underlying cause of age-related cognitive and muscle strength decline. Antioxidants can reduce oxidative stress and prevent age-related health decline. A ...

Western animal behavior and cognition researchers tracked the spatial cognition and lifespan of 227 mountain chickadees for more than a decade. They found the birds with better spatial learning and ...

In their classic country hit, "Wide Open Spaces," the Dixie Chicks sum up the findings of a new study which found that the structural environments that surround us either restrict, or promote, our ...