Reusable brain modules in mice let the same prefrontal neurons hold either a sound or an action plan in working memory.

Whether learning a new piano piece or adapting your tennis serve, acquiring physical skills depends on your brain's ability ...

The social side of work is in short supply these days. Post-pandemic, many organizations have turned to some form of a hybrid approach: employees splitting their time between remote work and commuting ...

Learning another language is a highly complex mental activity. It requires people to remember words, distinguish unfamiliar ...

Whether speaking, driving or playing an instrument, nearly everything we do requires precise control over the timing of our ...

Life can be tricky. We have so many decisions to make. It's a good thing we have an orbitofrontal cortex and hippocampus to help us. These areas of the brain work together to help us sort through ...

The brain works like a muscle. Thinking, learning, and practicing a skill literally causes structural adaptations in our brains. For instance, scientists examining musicians’ and non-musicians’ brains ...

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 ...

AI will become your 'second brain'How memory-enabled AI will transform work, learning, and life by 2035Introduction'It would ...

It might soon be “game over” for the video game controller. Yale researchers have developed a new kind of brain-computer interface (BCI) that lets humans play video games directly with their brains.

Assistant Professor of Biomolecular Engineering Tal Sharf holds up a specialized chip for recording electrical activity in brain organoids. Artificial intelligence (AI) has proven its incredible ...