Working memory is a form of memory that allows a person to temporarily hold a limited amount of information at the ready for immediate mental use. It is considered essential for learning, ...

The pupils of our eyes get larger when we are focusing on a task–and the size may give clues about our working memory capabilities, a new study has found. A person's pupils dilate in low-light ...

A recently published meta-analysis reveals an advantage in sports-related information processing compared to non-athletes. The data consisted of 21 studies involving a total of 1455 participants.

Recent findings from research in the Department of Psychology in the College of Science at the University of Nevada, Rneo found that in younger people, increased screen time on devices like ...

In cognitive science, there has recently been increasing attention to the relationship between sports expertise and working memory. However, to date, no meta-analysis has compared the working memory ...