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

Every thought, memory, and feeling we experience depends on trillions of tiny connection points in the brain called synapses.

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, ...

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Most children in elementary school begin learning about the body and how it works; however, research reveals that parents and teachers tend to leave out information about the brain. In fact, one study ...

Your brain doesn’t process information the same way at 8 a.m. as it does at 8 p.m. Research from Tohoku University reveals that the capacity to form lasting memories follows a strict daily schedule.

The brain treats a good surprise like a small, private jackpot.You see it in everyday moments: a friend shows up when you ...

The human brain is one of the most complex structures in nature, but the brain's origins stretch back hundreds of millions of years. A new study using AI deep-learning models has revealed more about ...

To this day, in the known universe, only one example exists of a system capable of general-purpose intelligence. That system ...