How we learn to predict an outcome isn’t determined by how many times a cue and reward happen together. Instead, how much ...

Scientists studying human development are working to improve equipment to learn how babies' brains develop. A team at ...

How do we learn new things? Neurobiologists using cutting-edge visualization techniques have revealed how changes across our synapses and neurons unfold. The findings depict how information 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 ...

What actually happens inside the brain when learning works? Drawing on neuroscience, this breakdown of Stanislas Dehaene’s 'How We Learn' explains attention, error, practice, sleep, and motivation, ...

Researchers identify a specialized "satellite" language network in the cerebellum, offering new insights into how the brain ...

Computer programming powers modern society and enabled the artificial intelligence revolution, but little is known about how our brains learn this essential skill. To help answer that question, Johns ...

New science explains why children outlearn AI in language—and what it means for tech, childhood, and the future of learning. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) Children are astonishing language learners. Long ...

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Scientists discovered that two brain chemicals in honey bees can predict how fast they will learn, offering new insight into animal learning.

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