The brain’s primitive “fear center” may be much more than that, as new research on the amygdala suggests it plays a crucial role in learning, emotion, and decision-making. Researchers from Dartmouth ...

Researchers find that the amygdala is a sophisticated mediator that chooses between action-based and stimulus-based learning ...

Teachers are increasingly encouraged to become amateur neuroscientists. For the last decade, educational materials have promoted neuroplasticity, the brain’s capacity for adaptation, as the key to ...

Research indicates that repetition and distributed practice effectively fires and rewires the brain, thereby strengthening memory and improving learning potential. This approach aims to develop and ...