We see not just with our eyes, but with our brains. A mosaic of specialized areas in a brain region known as the visual cortex interprets different sights, helping us identify everything from solid ...

In a paper just published in Psychological Review, we argue that our imagination sculpts the images we see in our mind’s eye ...

In a world dominated by screens, the humble book remains one of the most powerful tools for cognitive and emotional development. While technology offers instant access to information, reading ...

Forty-four children with dyslexia, ages 7–13, received eight weeks of intensive instruction using Lindamood-Bell's Seeing Stars® program, delivered live and virtually by trained instructional ...

Toronto, February 9, 2026 – Learning to read reshapes how the brain processes language. New research from Baycrest and the University of São Paulo shows that learning to read fundamentally changes how ...

In 2024, my niece Caroline received a Ph.D. in gravitational-wave physics. Her research interests include “the impact of model inaccuracies on biases in parameters recovered from gravitational wave ...

Neuroscientists have discovered that reading a novel can improve brain function on a variety of levels. The recent study on the brain benefits of reading fiction was conducted at Emory University. The ...

Your brain is currently expending about a fifth of your body's energy, and almost none of that is being used for what you're ...