A randomized placebo controlled experiment shows that increasing noradrenaline during learning does not improve basic memory accuracy but increases the spread of associations across the hippocampal ...

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 ...

Whenever the evening quiz shows used to come on, you’d always beat your spouse to the “buzzer.” (You did a fair amount of gloating about it too.) But in recent years, you’ve been having a harder time ...

An analysis of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study data showed that children accepted by their parents and more resilient to trauma tend to have an accelerated pace of cortical thinning, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Life can be tricky. We have so many decisions to make. It's a good thing we have an orbitofrontal cortex and hippocampus to help us. These areas of the brain work together to help us sort through ...

Handwriting engages motor, language, and attention systems, activating the brain more fully than typing. Writing by hand ...

To understand why, the team looked at the MRI scans.

It is considered one of the most critical learning and development phases of a human being. In the initial years of life, the child’s brain grows and develops rapidly, and this is the time when the ...