Hands of a child learning about patterns of size and color with colorful wooden blocks. Source: myboys/Shutterstock Part of what makes us human is the need for our brains to search for meaning. Good ...

When our thoughts drift away from the task at hand, our brains might actually become better at unconsciously picking up hidden patterns in our environment. A new study to be published in the journal ...

Past psychology and behavioral science studies have identified various ways in which people's acquisition of new knowledge can be disrupted. One of these, known as interference, occurs when humans are ...

In the cerebral cortex, numerous neurons exchange information through junctions known as synapses. The strength of each synaptic connection changes depending on the activity levels of the neurons ...