Learning programs the brain. It is nature’s way to create simultaneously both “hardware” and “software” for the brain. Neuroscientists have long known that learning experiences change the functional ...

Every time you master a new recipe, remember a phone number, or finally figure out how to fold a fitted sheet, your brain is learning. But new research shows that the brain learns in a more complex ...

The human brain is constantly flooded with sights, sounds and sensations, yet only a fraction of those experiences become ...

By contrast, glial cells seemed to be electrically silent and were dismissed as dull by most researchers. Some glia, called ...

Artificial intelligence can already beat grandmasters at Go, draft legal briefs, and generate photorealistic images in ...

Everyone feels lonely from time to time — after, say, a move to a new school or city, when a child leaves for college, or after the loss of a spouse. Some people, though, experience loneliness not ...

Aging may come with its fair share of physical changes, but your brain doesn’t stop evolving just because you’ve hit 40. In fact, learning a new skill in your 40s or later can do more than just pass ...

A new study reveals that you're more likely to remember solutions from aha moments than ones you reach intentionally. Reading time 2 minutes We’ve all had the aha moment, when the solution to a ...

Apart from the buzzword and the hype, though, what does it really look like in the classroom? An earlier post here featured Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher’s ideas, and I’ve talked about secondary ELL ...