Researchers at University of Tsukuba and their collaborators have demonstrated that learning from both rewarding and aversive ...

The cochlea is the spiral-shaped structure within the inner ear responsible for our sense of hearing. To fully understand hearing functions and open the door to new hearing loss treatments, scientists ...

The development of humans and other animals unfolds gradually over time, with cells taking on specific roles and functions ...

When technology is planned correctly, students forget it exists. That is when learning becomes the focus”— Don Tucker ...

For education leaders, particularly in hard-to-staff rural districts, shortening the school week has become a key selling ...

That’s not to say that the technology doesn’t have a function or won’t improve, but it does place a much lower ceiling on ...

A deep learning framework combines convolutional and bidirectional recurrent networks to improve protein function prediction from genomic sequences. By automating feature extraction and capturing long ...

Daily routines change, and many older adults find that learning new processes becomes more difficult over time. Slower ...

Over 7 years, hearing aid prescription did not improve cognition but was associated with a significant reduction in the risk for dementia in older adults with moderate hearing loss.

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A new study suggests that everyday multilingual habits—from chatting with neighbors to revisiting a childhood language—may help preserve memory, attention, and brain flexibility as we age. An ...

Vision shapes behavior, and a new study by MIT neuroscientists finds behavior and internal states shape vision. The research, published in Neuron, finds in mice that, via specific circuits, the ...