It’s easy to dismiss just-because hobbies like painting or poetry as silly little things you do to busy your hands or find a brief escape from the drama or drudgery of life. But a new study including ...

Kids who read for pleasure 12 hours per week perform better on cognitive tests and have better mental health, according to a recently published study in Psychological Medicine. Researchers from the ...

Research on 1,400 brain scans found that a creative outlet can shave around five years off your brain age. Regular readers of my columns will know that I am something of a booster for hobbies. This ...