Maverick Life

Motor and sensory behaviour - the case for continuing to write by hand

By Serrano and Perez Sanchez and Vasylets

Maverick Life

We make thousands of unconscious decisions every day. Here’s how your brain copes with that

By Gina Cleo

Maverick Life

Why is my loved one with dementia sometimes ‘there’ and sometimes not?

By Yen Ying Lim

Magazine

What is – and what isn’t – ‘brain fog’?

By Sarah Hellewell

Magazine

Scientific study suggests video games boost intelligence in children

By Torkel Klingberg and Bruno Sauce

Magazine

Why it isn’t always your fault when you can’t remember

By Thor Grünbaum and Søren Kyllingsbæk

Magazine

Here’s how much sleep you really need for optimal cognition and wellbeing – new research

By Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian, Christelle Langley, Jianfeng Feng and Wei Cheng

South Africa

Literacy: You just can’t fake it

By Nic Spaull

South Africa

At last, the perils of identity politics in the spotlight

By Daily Maverick Reader

Sci-Tech

To infinity and beyond: New Iziko Planetarium brings space to Earth

By Rebecca Davis

Newsdeck

Baby ducks can learn differences between objects

By AFP

South Africa

Health-E News: The Age of Alzheimer’s

By Health-e News