Forget everything you knew about practice making perfect. New research shows your brain is actually wired to learn faster ...

How we learn to predict an outcome isn’t determined by how many times a cue and reward happen together. Instead, how much ...

A 20-year study found a brain game that boosts speed and splits attention helped prevent Alzheimer’s and other dementias.

New research on the "Reward Positivity" brain signal distinguishes between rewards and goals, offering a new way to measure ...

A new light-based imaging approach has produced an unprecedented chemical map of the Alzheimer’s brain. Rice University researchers have produced what they describe as the first full, label-free ...

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A few blobs of lab-grown brain tissue have demonstrated a striking proof of concept: living neural circuits can be nudged toward solving a classic control problem through carefully structured feedback ...

A nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting evidence-based literacy instruction has forged a new chapter in North Dakota, ...

Early childhood curriculum strengthens music skills that support reading achievement I have been BLOWN away by what the ...

In A Nutshell Researchers used a light-based brain imaging technique in mice to watch, in real time, what happens in the ...

Imagine balancing a ruler vertically in the palm of your hand: you have to constantly pay attention to the angle of the ruler and make many small adjustments to make sure it doesn't fall over. It ...

Male and female brains begin developing differently in the womb. Here's how genetics, hormones, and prenatal biology shape brain structure, behaviour, and mental health outcomes before birth.