The neurobiologist Erich Jarvis studies the few species capable of speech. He has long hoped to genetically engineer an ...

Dr. Maria Murray founded The Reading League “out of pure frustration” with widespread reading failures in American schools.

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A new study reveals how literacy fundamentally rewires the human mind, sharpening memory, focus, and face recognition.

We act fast on the basis of our predictions but learn most when we get it wrong, according to a new brain-scan study.

So with digital habits eroding our ability to concentrate, there's a new trend here to combat it: “attention-span-maxxing.” ...

This episode is part of “The Young American Scientists,” an editorially independent project that was produced with financial support from Regeneron. Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science ...

A clever new brain imaging study shows our brains have to work harder when we read on screens rather than paper books.

Smartphones, online learning, generative AI: The way we read has changed more in the last decade than in the previous century. So what do we actually know about what reading does for the mind? In his ...

MDHHS aims to lessen food insecurity with Sun Bucks program, the Michigan Legislative Black Caucus calls for reparations and ...

Sleep may be the brain's secret to resilience, helping it recover from stress, adapt to change, and maintain healthy function ...