New research shows your brain may learn complex visual patterns without effort, reward, or feedback -- just by passively ...

While the underlying mechanism is unclear, neuroscientists theorize saying something out loud separates and distinguishes it ...

For the first time, a lab-grown brain-computer system has demonstrated that human neurons living and evolving in an ...

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Once in the hippocampus, memories and learning can be transmitted to different parts of the brain and retrieved whenever ...

In a recent study published in Communications Psychology, researchers from NYU led by Associate Professor of Biomedical ...

A doctor and author who took up piano in middle age explains how starting a new hobby later in life helps your brain.

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Our brains may work best when teetering on the edge of chaos. A new theory suggests that criticality a sweet spot between order and randomness is the secret to learning, memory, and adaptability. When ...

New research reveals that the brain may be learning even during unstructured, aimless exploration. By recording activity in ...