James Devitt is the Deputy Director of Media Relations at New York University and a contributor for Futurity.
New research looks at the amount of cognitive control needed for bilinguals to switch language, and suggests that in a natural setting it requires very little.
People with higher cognitive abilities are more likely to learn and apply social stereotypes.
Diet, not social life, may be the driver of brain size evolution, a new study suggests.
New research shines a light on how your brain weeds out irrelevant information.
William Easterly, professor of economics at New York University, charts the economic destiny of one New York City block.
For people who are driven to succeed at a certain profession, negative feedback about their talent or potential may affect their behaviour.
