Hands of a child learning about patterns of size and color with colorful wooden blocks. Source: myboys/Shutterstock Part of what makes us human is the need for our brains to search for meaning. Good ...

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

Researchers at the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine ...

A large study of brain scans shows that our neural wiring evolves through five major stages from birth to late old age. These ...

A hidden four-layer structure in the brain’s key memory hub has been revealed, reshaping how scientists understand learning ...

Scientists are beginning to show that learning is not exclusive to neurons and synapses. At the scale of billionths of a ...

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 ...

Cambridge neuroscientists discover five distinct stages of brain development from birth to 90, revealing key turning points ...

The brain responds to incoming odours by adjusting sniffing, and those adjustments in turn influence how much of the odour ...

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