What is the best time to study? A new study uses Aplysia (sea slugs) to show that a 24-hour interval between learning events ...

What is the optimal way to learn something new? In a JNeurosci paper, John Byrne and colleagues, from the University of Texas ...

In recent decades, a convergence of cognitive psychology and educational research has provided compelling evidence for the adoption of evidence-based learning strategies aimed at enhancing memory ...

Researchers found that older adults learned a memory task best after practicing multiple related tasks, suggesting that diverse cognitive training supports mental sharpness as we age. When Ilber ...

When Michelle D. Miller leads faculty workshops, she often does what she calls a “party trick” that she uses on the first day of class with her students: learning everyone’s names. As professors have ...

For decades, scientists have focused on the brain as the primary location for memory storage and processing. However, recent groundbreaking research from is challenging this long-standing assumption, ...

Even more reason to schedule that early-morning workout ...

When Ilber Manavbasi attempts a tricky piano riff, he rehearses more than the notes on the page. "I practice in diverse conditions and contexts. I practice hungry, tired, angry and happy. I practice ...