People given general anaesthesia fall into a coma-like state in which their memory and perception of pain are switched off.

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, ...

A receptor long known for guiding brain development before birth also shapes how adults learn, determining how strongly the ...

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 ...

Neurons that fire together, wire together” is not the full story. A novel mechanism explains how the brain can learn across ...

Millions of students worldwide have long relied on self-paced learning through pre-recorded video lectures, a model that ...

How does the brain learn from mistakes? A new Duke study reveals a hidden circuit that helps control the learning process.

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, ...

Brain study reveals memories stick when learning triggers a brief “energy emergency” in glucose-sensing neurons.

Brain fog is the result of “bad connections” between the gut and the brain, said Gerard Clarke, a professor of ...

New research suggests pregnancy doesn’t impair the brain—it reshapes it, refining memory, attention, and emotional awareness ...