A receptor long known for guiding brain development before birth also shapes how adults learn, determining how strongly the ...

How does the brain learn from mistakes? A new Duke study reveals a hidden circuit that helps control the learning process.

Neurons that fire together, wire together” is not the full story. A novel mechanism explains how the brain can learn across ...

These four hands-on activities guide students to explore how their attention and memory function and how that impacts ...

Brain study reveals memories stick when learning triggers a brief “energy emergency” in glucose-sensing neurons.

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, ...

New large-scale research suggests that speaking more than one language may help slow down biological brain aging. Studies of over 86,000 adults across Europe found multilingual individuals were ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Talia Milgrom-Elcott nurtures belonging & advances STEM. When Dr. Melina Uncapher looks at the brain, she sees an organ constantly ...

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 ...