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A new Pew Research Centre survey shows the impact of income on life for retirees.

New research reveals that trait shyness is linked to reduced spontaneous neural activity in the cerebellum, a brain region traditionally associated with motor control but increasingly recognized for ...

A.I. search tools, chatbots and social media are associated with lower cognitive performance, studies say. What to do?

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A Pew Research Center survey reveals how income levels can affect someone’s physical health, social life and even cognitive skills in retirement.

Preteens using increasing amounts of social media perform poorer in reading, vocabulary and memory tests in early adolescence compared with those who use no or little social media. That's according to ...

Increases in social media use during early adolescence were linked with lower performance scores measuring cognitive function. Differences were "modest but consistent" in key areas like reading, ...