Human brains can turn a single messy experience into a lasting skill, while even the most advanced artificial intelligence ...

Aging may come with its fair share of physical changes, but your brain doesn’t stop evolving just because you’ve hit 40. In fact, learning a new skill in your 40s or later can do more than just pass ...

When the human mind drifts away from a specific task, it may actually improve the ability to absorb hidden patterns in the ...

A new study suggests that everyday multilingual habits—from chatting with neighbors to revisiting a childhood language—may ...

Your brain doesn t just send messages through one universal route it uses separate pathways for spontaneous activity and signals linked to learning. These findings overturn a major neuroscience ...

We all spend our days thinking, solving problems, making choices, learning new things, yet most of us rarely pause to examine how we think. Hidden beneath our everyday decisions is a quiet skill that ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

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, ...

Imagine how exciting life becomes when you learn something new—it’s like unlocking a door to fresh opportunities. Gaining new skills doesn’t just make your day-to-day tasks easier; it boosts your ...

Taylor Leamey wrote about all things wellness for CNET, specializing in mental health, sleep and nutrition coverage. She has invested hundreds of hours into studying and researching sleep and holds a ...

Princeton scientists found that the brain uses reusable “cognitive blocks” to create new behaviors quickly.