How does the brain learn from mistakes? A new Duke study reveals a hidden circuit that helps control the learning process.

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

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, ...

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 ...

Learning a new language doesn’t just help you communicate—it rewires your brain, boosts problem-solving, and deepens empathy. From childhood to adulthood, language learning strengthens cognitive ...

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

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, ...

Speaking more than one language doesn’t just open doors to new cultures—it can literally reshape your brain and strengthen your mind. Research shows multilingualism supports neuroplasticity, boosts ...