Professor Shijie Lu said the findings show that online learning doesn't necessarily come at the expense of learning effectiveness.

The doctor quoted new researchers who observed a surge in high-frequency brain waves known as 'ripples' immediately following a brief session on a bicycle. These ripples originate in the hippocampus, ...

Dopamine is the "wanting" molecule that drives us toward goals, and opioids are the "liking" molecules that provide the hit ...

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 with surprising precision, sending targeted feedback to individual neurons ...

It's long been assumed that for an organism to learn, remember or draw conclusions, it needs a brain. But mounting evidence, including a recent Cognitive Science study, challenges that assumption, ...

Many people know that exercise is good for the body. It can strengthen the heart, improve muscle health, and help control weight. However, scientists are also learning that physical activity may be ...

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, ...

Cocaine addiction isn’t simply a failure of willpower — it’s the result of lasting biological changes in the brain.

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

Evidence from the past 20 years indicates that the use of computers in classrooms has led to declines in students' academic ...

While cannabis has recently come under fire for potential negative health risks, a recent study suggests that its use could increase brain volume and cognitive fitness. Researchers at the University ...

Abstract: Conventional loss functions for gradient descent are designed mainly to assess output quality, with limited attention to gradient behavior. This study identifies the gradient inconsistency ...