How does the brain learn from mistakes? A new Duke study reveals a hidden circuit that helps control the learning process.
These four hands-on activities guide students to explore how their attention and memory function and how that impacts ...
Have you ever wondered how your brain creates thoughts or why something randomly popped into your head? It may seem like magic – but actually the brain is like a supercomputer inside your head that ...
Orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) in green. Source: Paul Wicks/Wickemedia Commons In a groundbreaking discovery, neurocientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have captured brain images of active ...
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Scientists from UC San Diego have published a study in the journal Nature detailing how brain wiring changes while learning. The study's findings are supported by the National ...
Neurons that fire together, wire together” is not the full story. A novel mechanism explains how the brain can learn across ...
A signaling pathway best known for shaping the brain before birth also helps govern how adults learn, adapt, and persist in ...
We tend to think of learning as something that happens in the mind, a mental exercise of reading, practicing, and remembering. But the truth is far more visceral. Every time you learn something new, ...
When OpenAI released “study mode” in July 2025, the company touted ChatGPT’s educational benefits. “When ChatGPT is prompted to teach or tutor, it can significantly improve academic performance,” the ...
Artificial intelligence can already beat grandmasters at Go, draft legal briefs, and generate photorealistic images in seconds, yet it still struggles with the kind of flexible, context-rich learning ...
Your brain is currently expending about a fifth of your body's energy, and almost none of that is being used for what you're ...
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How does the brain think?

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. How does the brain think? – Tom, age 16, San ...