In the parable of the blind men and the elephant, several blind men each describe a different part of an elephant they are touching—a sharp tusk, a flexible trunk, or a broad leg—and disagree about ...

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 ...

Teachers are increasingly encouraged to become amateur neuroscientists. For the last decade, educational materials have promoted neuroplasticity, the brain’s capacity for adaptation, as the key to ...

“Brain-based learning” is everywhere. From TED Talks to professional development workshops, educators are told that neuroscience holds the key to unlocking student potential. We hear about prefrontal ...

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, ...

Neurons that fire together sometimes wire together. PASIEKA/Science Photo Library via Getty Images Every day, people are constantly learning and forming new memories. When you pick up a new hobby, try ...

An analysis of almost 50,000 brain scans has revealed five distinct patterns of brain atrophy associated with aging and neurodegenerative disease. The analysis has also linked the patterns to ...