New research reveals a surprising geometric link between human and machine learning. A mathematical property called convexity may help explain how ...

Dopamine drives our desire for rewards—understanding how it works can help us break bad habits, build motivation, and harness ...

Neuropsychologists examine how brain function influences behavior, focusing on cognitive processes rather than labels to ...

Teachers and AI working together can deliver massive educational and learning benefits, argues Pearson CEO Omar Abbosh.

A 2023 study, for example, found older adults learning multiple new real-world skills showed significant improvement in cognitive ability, including memory, and functional independence.

Learning a number of languages at the appropriate stage is the best means of cognitive growth of a child. The NEP’s language policy is not just about education.

For example, if an organization gets a data set from a third party with a certain specific schema that the organization is largely unaware of, the cognition layer can help.

Ageing is painted with a brush dipped in decline — fading memory, slow recall, and reduced mental sharpness. But recent studies tell a more hopeful story. In fact, the brain after 60 still has ...

I’m interested in the cognitive and neural mechanisms behind this, particularly why individuals with psychopathic traits fail to adjust when associations between choices and outcomes change (for ...

If you get less than six hours of sleep a night for a week, for example, you’ll rack up a full night’s sleep debt -- too much to make up for with a few hours extra sleep on the weekend.

More information: Mosaic evolution of a learning and memory circuit in Heliconiini butterflies, Current Biology (2024).

Cognitive reserve is the brain’s ability to be agile, solve problems, take on challenges, and resist injury due to trauma, stroke, or aging. Although researchers don’t totally understand how a ...