A stuffed animal that talks, asks questions, and seemingly listens–what once sounded like science fiction is now a reality.

The CDC notes that one in 10 adults age 45 and up experience worsening memory loss. By age 70, that number jumps to two in ...

This is where the Skills Development Provider (SDP) model offers something different and, I believe, something powerful. One ...

When we learn a new skill, the brain has to decide—cell by cell—what to change. New research from MIT suggests it can do that ...

For almost a century, psychology and neuroscience researchers have been trying to understand the processes via which humans ...

Birdwatching turns out to be a particularly effective activity for engaging multiple mental processes at once. Identifying species requires observers to notice subtle differences in color, shape, ...

Research found that participants who were experts in this pastime showed "differences in both brain structure and brain ...

Background The diagnosis of interstitial lung disease (ILD) can pose a challenge as the pulmonary function test (PFT) is only minimally affected at the onset. To improve early diagnosis, this study ...

As immigration agents and protests lead some families to keep children home, schools around the Twin Cities are offering a remote option for the next several weeks. By Sarah Mervosh Education reporter ...

A new finding from researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center shows that the learning process of associating cues with rewards can be altered by increased or decreased activity of a specific ...

This important work introduces a family of interpretable Gaussian process models that allows us to learn and model sequence-function relationships in biomolecules. These models are applied to three ...

A new study reveals that natural hormonal shifts subtly reshape how the brain processes rewards and learns from them. Researchers found that estrogen influences molecular activity tied to dopamine, ...