Once researchers figured out the brain's patterns for tying different knots, they could predict which knot study participants would tie before they started.

The lateral septum encodes spatial information with a special emphasis on where the reward lies.

Research shows napping helps young children learn, as well as enhancing their emotional well-being.

Intelligent tutoring systems can boost learning, but are difficult to create. A new method may simplify things so much that teachers could make their own.

Intelligent tutoring systems can boost learning, but are difficult to create. A new method may simplify things so much that teachers could make their own.

Despite closing campus locations, the MIT Libraries continue to provide vital support for teaching, learning, and research.

A specialized MRI sensor reveals the neurotransmitter’s influence on neural activity throughout the brain.

The spread of COVID-19 in the United States may force some schools to close. How should they, and parents, prep for a stretch of teaching online?

Giving the mind more time for visualizing an action substantially improves learning. That new finding upends our ideas about getting better with practice.

Lecture-based learning is no match for activity-based learning that takes advantage of tech for boosting student creativity, a new study finds.