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 ...

Researchers have discovered that the Smoothened receptor, previously known for its role in brain development before birth, also regulates learning and behavioral flexibility in adults by controlling ...

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.

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 ...