One of our lifelong love affairs as humans is learning. Even the “pain” which, as per Aristotle’s observations, accompanies learning doesn’t deter us. In the name of growing our minds and skillsets, ...

Correspondence to Dr Elmar Kal, College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences; Department of Health Sciences, Brunel University London, London UB8 3PH, UK; elmar.kal{at}brunel.ac.uk ACL injury ...

A new study provides evidence that basic human learning systems use areas of the brain that also exist in the most primitive vertebrates, such as certain fish, reptiles and amphibians. The study ...

Throughout our daily lives, we are constantly learning things about our environment that we weren't explicitly instructed to learn. In fact, as a child most of our learning happens implicitly. Think ...

Researchers have, for the first time, identified neural signatures of explicit and implicit learning. Figuring out how to pedal a bike and memorizing the rules of chess require two different types of ...

Aphasia affects the speech, language processing and reading skills of about 2 million people in the United States, according to the American Stroke Association. The communication disorder occurs most ...