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.

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 ...

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 ...

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

Can AI learn by shrinking? A new study introduces a development-inspired continual learning framework for spiking neural ...

A signaling pathway best known for shaping the brain before birth also helps govern how adults learn, adapt, and persist in ...

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, ...

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 ...

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