All people want to age “successfully,” maintaining functional capacity and quality of life as
they reach advanced age. Achieving this goal depends on preserving optimal cognitive and …

Numerical skills are essential to make informed decisions in our daily life. Unfortunately,
many people lack basic numeracy, which limits their ability to accurately interpret risks (ie …

In this article, we review approaches to modeling a connection between spatial and
mathematical thinking across development. We critically evaluate the strengths and …

This thoroughly updated edition provides a balanced review of the core methods and the
latest research on animal learning and human memory. The relevance of basic principles is …

An on-going challenge for educational neuroscience is in defining the field, particularly in
relation to the broader fields of education, psychology and neuroscience. The field is rapidly …

Self-regulation is a fundamental human process that refers to multiple complex methods by
which individuals pursue goals in the face of distractions. Whereas superior self-regulation …

Performance on lab assessments of executive functions predicts academic achievement and
other positive life outcomes. A primary goal of research on executive functions has been to …

Aims Substance use disorders (SUD) are associated with cognitive deficits that are not
always addressed in current treatments, and this hampers recovery. Cognitive training and …

The rising prevalence rates of age-related cognitive impairment are a worldwide public
concern, bringing about a surge in the number of “brain training” programs commercially …

The extent to which working memory training improves performance on untrained tasks is
highly controversial. Here we address this controversy by testing the hypothesis that far …