Italy's early retirement reform harmed both workers and the party that designed it

Nearly qualifying for early retirement but only just missing the cut-off was worse than not qualifying at all.

Sorting schoolchildren later may help level the cognitive playing field in old age

Countries across Europe have different approaches to sorting young people by ability. Researchers exploited this variation to study how this affects the brain decades later.

No verbal memory difference between left-handed, right-handed and ambidextrous older adults

But people who did report themselves to be ambidextrous displayed an interesting quirk.