Most people understand that muscles get stronger through exercise, recovery, and consistency. Neurologists say the brain ...

Inside the brain is a dense network of neurons that receive, process, and relay information. The synapse, where neurons meet, ...

Adults vary in how easily they learn new languages. While previous studies suggest this variability may be due to the ...

Find a way to be at least slightly curious, and the dopamine surge will take care of the rest.

We tend to think of learning as something that happens in the mind, a mental exercise of reading, practicing, and remembering. But the truth is far more visceral. Every time you learn something new, ...

Today, Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences Sydney Bourtros answers a child’s question: How does the brain make and ...

Every time you master a new recipe, remember a phone number, or finally figure out how to fold a fitted sheet, your brain is learning. But new research shows that the brain learns in a more complex ...

A novel hierarchical deep learning framework enables direct Desikan-Killiany brain parcellation using only diffusion ...

It is now understood that the hippocampus is closely linked to learning and memory (Doidge, 2015; Suzuki, 2015). However, this was not always the case. One prominent experiment investigating memory, ...

Learning a musical instrument later in life may help keep the brain younger for longer. In a four-year study, older adults ...

Most children in elementary school begin learning about the body and how it works; however, research reveals that parents and teachers tend to leave out information about the brain. In fact, one study ...