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

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, ...

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, ...

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.

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

Learning a new language doesn’t just help you communicate—it rewires your brain, boosts problem-solving, and deepens empathy. From childhood to adulthood, language learning strengthens cognitive ...

Teachers are increasingly encouraged to become amateur neuroscientists. For the last decade, educational materials have promoted neuroplasticity, the brain’s capacity for adaptation, as the key to ...