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

The social side of work is in short supply these days. Post-pandemic, many organizations have turned to some form of a hybrid approach: employees splitting their time between remote work and commuting ...

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

Some people seem to pick up new skills the way a sponge soaks up water, while others grind through repetition with only modest gains. The gap can look like talent or luck, but neuroscience is ...

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 ...

The brain is our body’s command center, the control tower for our body and mind—no wonder it’s the focus of intense research across the globe, with so much interest in figuring out the mysteries of ...

Neurons that fire together, wire together” is not the full story. A novel mechanism explains how the brain can learn across ...

Study authors Hunter Schweiger (left) and Ash Robbins. Imagine balancing a ruler vertically in the palm of your hand: you have to constantly pay attention to the angle of the ruler and make many small ...

When babies are born, their brains contain billions of neurons. But how those neurons interact — and what they can do as babies grow through childhood into adulthood — is largely shaped by their ...

Morning brain fog can slow down the most important part of your day. Here are five quick and easy changes you can make to your morning routine to reclaim it. You know that feeling when your alarm goes ...