Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about psychology and education research and policy. Joni Lakin: Sometimes it's okay to recognize talent based on intuition ...

Conventional testing can underestimate a student’s learning ability. Sociocultural barriers, test anxiety and differences in rates of brain development can skew results. In principle, neuroscience ...

Emily Farran received funding from the Leverhulme Trust, the Economic and Social Research Council, the British Academy and the Centre for Educational Neuroscience to carry out research discussed in ...

A questionnaire examined people’s beliefs about cross-modal perception, participants' perceptual ability was tested in an online 2AFC task using recordings captured in an ambisonic facility. The ...

As I mentioned in a recent post, "Women’s Advantages in Social Cognition," we anticipate nuance in the pattern of cognitive sex differences and in the supporting brain systems. Broadly speaking, ...

Does losing sight change how we sleep, dream, and navigate the world? A new study uncovers the hidden links between blindness, brain rhythms, and special awareness. Study: Investigating the impact of ...