What are you doing when you aren’t doing anything at all? If you said “nothing,” then you have just passed a test in logic and flunked a test in neuroscience. When people perform mental tasks–adding ...

No matter how hard you try, the mountain of tasks never shrinks. No matter how much you attempt to streamline, all that ...

In today’s fast-paced digital world, children are spending a huge amount of time on screens, whether for learning, entertainment or social interaction. While technology has made education more ...

Whether speaking or swinging a bat, precise and adaptable timing of movement is essential for everyday behavior. Although we do not have sensory organs like eyes or a nose to sense time, we can keep ...

Humans respond to environments that change at many different speeds. A video game player, for example, reacts to on-screen events unfolding within hundreds of milliseconds or over several seconds. A ...