What is the best time to study? A new study uses Aplysia (sea slugs) to show that a 24-hour interval between learning events ...
The human brain can be primed to learn more than three times faster, simply by flashing a light at its individual alpha brainwave frequency for 1.5 seconds, suggests a fascinating new neuroplasticity ...
Researchers at Google have developed a new AI paradigm aimed at solving one of the biggest limitations in today’s large language models: their inability to learn or update their knowledge after ...
Age-related memory decline and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's are often thought of as irreversible. But the brain is not static; neurons continually adjust the strength of their ...
The remarkable ability of cells in the brain to store and process information has fascinated scientists for centuries. To accomplish this feat, neurons must have mechanisms to generate both transient ...
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Study proposes new model for how Pavlovian learning works

A peer-reviewed article in Neurobiology of Learning and Memory is challenging a foundational assumption about how animals and humans form associations between cues and rewards, Rather than relying ...
A brief period of exercise may do more for your brain than you expect. New research led by the University of Iowa shows that ...
Whenever you ride a bike or knit a sweater, you’re using your procedural memory. Two cognitive scientists explain what it is ...
One of the most puzzling aspects of common chronic inflammatory skin diseases such as psoriasis is how they become chronic.