When education is framed primarily as optimizing neural circuitry, we risk losing sight of the full complexity of human growth. I call on my fellow educators to situate neuroscience as one vital lens ...

“Brain-based learning” is everywhere. From TED Talks to professional development workshops, educators are told that neuroscience holds the key to unlocking student potential. We hear about prefrontal ...

Daniel Coyle describes how Carol Dweck, in her ongoing quest to advance student potential, set out to test and explore student academic and social potential.

Lab-grown “reductionist replicas” of the human brain are helping scientists understand fetal development and cognitive disorders, including autism. But ethical questions loom. Brain organoids, which ...