Our brains shape every aspect of our daily lives—how we think, remember, plan, focus, and adapt. When cognitive abilities are impacted by developmental conditions, injury, illness, or simply the demands of everyday life, it can affect not only performance but also confidence, independence, and well-being.
La pratique d’un sport de la maternelle à la quatrième année a un effet positif sur tous les indicateurs de réussite scolaire jusqu’à la fin du secondaire, relate Linda Pagani, de l’étude Pagani et al 2024.
Do you or someone you know have hearing loss? Age-related hearing loss (also termed presbycusis) occurs as the result of a natural deterioration of the inner ear and nerves due to advancing age.
A variety of strategies have proven highly effective in helping people improve their memory and/or learn new information and skills. Some of them are detailed below.
People often ask me about computer softwares like Luminosity: “you know, that Luminosity thing, does it really work??” It often leaves me wondering if our societal conceptualization of “dementia” and “Alzheimer’s disease” is somewhat skewed by our old conception of dementia.
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Have you recently been defensive about not "performing" on a cognitive task and feeling "dumb"?
Research has also shown that specific emotional aspects (e.g., mathematics anxiety) relate to mathematical performance (Hembree, 1900; Ma, 1999; Wu, 2012).
