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

City University of New York researchers have identified the Smoothened receptor as a key regulator of how the adult brain locks in or updates learned behaviors. By controlling the timing of ...

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 ...

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, ...

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

If you have a child in school right now, you may have heard them talk about needing a “brain break” while doing homework or ...

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 ...

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, ...

In his 2024 blog on engaging learning titled Attack of the Zombie Learning Theories!, Richard Culatta debunks several myths ...