FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·October 24, 2018·4 min readTo See What’s Right in Front of You, Your Brain May Need Some RewiringResearchers provide new evidence of brain plasticity. A new study reveals visual cortex neurons sprout new axons and shed some old ones as animals improve at perceptual learning tasks.Read More
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Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience·December 17, 2018·3 min readPassive Exposure Alone Can Enhance the Learning of Foreign Speech SoundsA new study reveals passive exposure to foreign speech sounds over the course of several consecutive days helps enhance discrimination abilities and language learning.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 16, 2019·3 min readNeurofeedback Helps Control Learning SuccessNeurofeedback training stimulates the cortical learning process and can help improve the sense of touch, a new study reveals.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 10, 2018·4 min readYour Brain on Imagination: It’s a Lot Like RealityA new neuroimaging study reveals imagination may help people with fear or anxiety disorders overcome them. The study reports imagining a threat can alter the way it is represented in the brain.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·November 10, 2014·3 min readPlaying Action Video Games Can Boost LearningAccording to a new study, playing action video games helps improve learning capabilities.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·February 5, 2023·6 min readMore Variability Found to Help LearningVariable stimuli may lead to better learning performance and outcomes under novel circumstances, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·August 15, 2018·5 min readCategory Learning Can Be Influenced By Where an Object is in Our Field of VisionWhere objects appear in a person's visual field can affect the ability to determine what the object is, researchers say.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 6, 2019·4 min readLearning is optimized when we fail 15% of the timeLearning is optimized in computer models when there is an error rate of 15%. Researchers say the 85% accuracy rule may also apply to humans for optimal perceptual learning.Read More
