From children with faces pressed against store windows for a chance to watch television to cables snaking into living rooms to deliver the world in pictures to the dawn of Saturday morning cartoons, ...

A biomimetic synapse built from water droplets and biological ion channels achieves synaptic plasticity and performs machine learning tasks.

Just as for humans, sufficient sleep supports learning and coping for horses. A recent study at the University of Helsinki indicates that short periods of REM sleep impair horses' perseverance and ...

A certain type of brain training appears to prevent or delay dementia by some 25% in people older than age 65, according to ...

Geneviève Dulude-De Celles’ sophomore feature 'Nina Roza' calls into question the modern art industry’s predatory exploits.

Thinking on paper improves retention by rewriting notes over time, starting with rough keywords and refining patterns for ...

For decades, most scientists treated the spinal cord as little more than a biological cable. The brain gave orders, the ...

A study of 26,000 older adults finds that moderate cannabis use is associated with larger brain volumes and better memory, attention, and processing speed.

As families choose child-led approaches like Montessori, Reggio Emilia, and nature-based preschools, these models are ...

Aging doesn’t have to mean losing your past. Scientists have found a way to "reprogram" specific memory-holding neurons, restoring youthful learning and recall in mice.

Abstract: Representations are crucial for a robot to learn effective navigation policies. Recent work has shown that mid-level perceptual abstractions, such as depth estimates or 2D semantic ...

Activities like learning a new language as a child or reading, writing, and playing board games later in life all had an impact on Alzheimer’s risk.