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Researchers question how teaching computational thinking skills can help elementary students’ executive function skills.

Princeton neuroscientists find surprising clues from chatty monkeys who share the power of babble.

Researchers discovered two brain regions that work as a “neural compass," keeping people oriented in virtual city navigation

While the AI essays were found to be impressively coherent and grammatically sound, they fell short in one crucial area.

Researchers assumed more relevant prior knowledge would lead to better learning. Here's what really happened. 

Map-making neurons change even when familiar settings remain exactly the same

Two areas of the brain may work in combination to tell the brain when it’s “feeling” tired and either quits or continues exerting mental effort.

New study suggests that the magic of live performance art may be reflected in our brains.

Your brain has a hidden beat — here's how smarter minds sync to it.

Your brain doesn’t just hear a steady rhythm or musical tone—it reorganizes itself in real time. Here’s why that matters.

Scientists found that dopamine-producing neurons forecast not only reward, but its timing—some fire for immediate rewards, others for future ones

Researchers challenge a decades-old assumption in neuroscience by showing that the brain uses distinct transmission sites — not a shared site — to achieve different types of plasticity.