A young zebra finch learning to sing may not sound like much at first, just a babbling stream of chirps and whistles. But ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A Fresno State professor is seeing success by having her students learn with the help of virtual reality. Fresno State Biology Professor and neuroscientist Anahit Hovhannisyan ...

Exercising your brain, through games and learning new skills, may help reduce your risk of dementia. Alzheimer's Association ...

The team pinpointed the exact moment mice learned a new skill by observing the activity of individual neurons, confirming earlier work that suggested animals are fast learners that purposely test the ...

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

It's hard to think back that far! Scientific research has shown that learning to read changes the way our brains work. Not ...

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, ...

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, ...

Seven participants had electrodes temporarily implanted in a brain structure important for learning. While anesthetized, ...

Our brains thrive on a challenge, but it doesn't all have to be hard work to see the health benefits. Here are three simple ...