People's decisions are known to be influenced by past experiences, including the outcomes of earlier choices. For over a century, psychologists have been trying to shed light on the processes ...

Researchers challenge the "efficiency" theory of the brain, showing that neurons become more coordinated and share more information as learning occurs.

Launched in 2018, the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA), an Amsterdam, Netherlands-based nonprofit, has developed a series of benchmarks to assess 2,000 of the world’s most influential companies.

It takes a village to prepare students for a changing workforce, build civic engagement, and help educators solve big ...

Researchers have developed photonic computing chips that overcome key limitations for a type of neural network known as a ...

Neural responses during statistical learning reveal dissociable dynamic effects of expectation, supporting the opposing process theory within trials while demonstrating contrasting effects across ...

The challenges, such as opening a door with a round doorknob, started out easy, at least for a human, and progressed to “gold ...

The brain’s primitive “fear center” may be much more than that, as new research on the amygdala suggests it plays a crucial role in learning, emotion, and decision-making. Researchers from Dartmouth ...

Theresa S Betancourt and colleagues argue that implementation and systems strengthening are urgently needed to integrate mental health and psychosocial support interventions across health, education, ...

During the acquisition of correct rejection response, rankings of functional connection separated for cortical and subcortical regions, which is predictive of the peak timing of visual information ...

Krupa Padhy uncovers how we really learn foreign languages – in a dual challenge involving both Portuguese and Mandarin.