Every January brings a predictable wave of ambition. We set new targets, map new strategies, and commit (at least in spirit) ...

For decades, dopamine has been celebrated in neuroscience as the quintessential "reward molecule"—a chemical herald of ...

Heavy use of smartphones, internet, and many social media platforms can have debilitating effects on our neural processing, ...

Artificial intelligence has learned to talk, draw and code, but it still struggles with something children master in ...

Two undergraduates will be first learning to work with mice under the supervision of a postdoc in the lab, then they will lead behavioral studies that measure different learning and memory functions.

Subtle behavior changes in older dogs can signal a brain disorder. New guidelines explain what to watch for and how CCDS is ...

Handwriting notes in class might seem like an anachronism as smartphones and other digital technology subsume every aspect of learning across schools and universities. But a steady stream of research ...

A context-driven memory model simulates a wide range of characteristics of waking and sleeping hippocampal replay, providing a new account of how and why replay occurs.

In classrooms across the country, students are mastering their ABCs, solving equations, and diving into science. But one essential life skill–behavior–is not in the lesson plan. For too long, ...

When educators panic about artificial intelligence in the classroom, they often fall back on a familiar definition of learning: a change in long-term memory. It sounds scientific. It gives the ...