The human brain actively keeps "learning" in balance by holding on to what matters and letting go of what does not.

Inside the brain is a dense network of neurons that receive, process, and relay information. The synapse, where neurons meet, is the epicenter of this communication. Neurons that send information, ...

Remember “Mozart Makes You Smarter”? A 1993 study of college students showed them performing better on spatial reasoning tests after listening to a Mozart sonata. That led to claims that listening to ...

Adults vary in how easily they learn new languages. While previous studies suggest this variability may be due to the ...

Researchers at Leipzig University's Carl Ludwig Institute for Physiology, working in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University, have achieved an important breakthrough in brain research. The ...

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, ...

What do we know about the brain and learning? We know that the brain constructs all learning and all behavior is brain-based. We know that academic competence cannot be bifurcated from emotional ...

Learning a musical instrument later in life may help keep the brain younger for longer. In a four-year study, older adults ...