In a new book, Zaretta Hammond likens the role of teachers to that of athletic trainers building students' academic muscle.

The team pinpointed the exact moment mice learned a new skill by observing the activity of individual neurons, confirming earlier work that suggested animals are fast learners that purposely test the ...

Most teachers worldwide still believe myths about learning decades after they have been debunked. Here are the most common.

Our brains have an extraordinary ability to adapt and learn, a process known as neuroplasticity. From navigating a new city to mastering a new skill, neuroplasticity allows us to reshape our neural ...

To fill in the full picture of what is happening around us, our brains process attention systematically, taking in general ...

4. Challenge thinking. AI takes what is inputted, uses validation to build rapport and then expands on current thoughts. It ...

MIT scientists explore how the brain seamlessly processes visual information from both eyes without a perceptible seam, ...

Recent insights into brain functioning challenge the long-standing belief that brain wiring is the primary determinant of intelligence and behavior. It appears that it’s not just about how the brain ...

Scientists have found that the process of adaptive myelination, which helps the brain learn new skills, can also promote addiction to opioids. Our brains, even in adulthood, continually adapt to what ...

A new study shows that our brain’s attention system first prepares broadly, then zooms in on specific details within ...

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, ...

Our brains build maps of the environment that help us understand the world around us, allowing us to think, recall, and plan. These maps not only help us to, say, find our room on the correct floor of ...