Preschool years are a period of rapid brain development. By age 5, children's brains are approximately 90 percent of adult-sized brains. How to boost young children's brain growth.

A painless, noninvasive brain stimulation technique can significantly improve how young adults learn math, my colleagues and I found in a recent study. In a paper in PLOS Biology, we describe how ...

In what definitely wasn’t on our list of expectations for this year, researchers used a method called transcranial random noise stimulation (tRNS) may help the brain learn math faster. This method, ...

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This brain teaser is a quick test of intelligence. Who do you think will fall? Set a timer for 12 seconds and get down to ...

The authors suggest that these results hint at the viability of using brain stimulation to aid math learning in people struggling with biological disadvantages.

A new study shows subtle brain stimulation can boost college students’ math abilities. Researchers at the University of Surrey call it a safe, painless, and non-invasive brain stimulation method that ...

The success of "contingency management" belies the notion that addiction is an uncontrollable disease caused by a drug's ...

Recent studies explore brain stimulation for math skills. Techniques like tDCS and tRNS show promise. They apply mild currents to brain regions linked to numerical processing. Research indicates ...

Apps that train cognitive skills claim to help children learn, and some research backs that up. But there are concerns cognitive training hinders reading development.

Supply chains consist of imperfect humans struggling to make perfect decisions. In the end, though, it all comes down to a ...

Affordances in the brain: The human superpower AI hasn’t mastered Date: June 23, 2025 Source: Universiteit van Amsterdam Summary: Scientists at the University of Amsterdam discovered that our ...