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Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.

A new UI study finds babies make more speech-like sounds during reading than when playing with puppets or toys—and mothers are more responsive to these types of sounds while reading to their child than during the other activities.

A new brain-imaging study of mankind's best friend has found a striking similarity in how humans and dogs -- and perhaps many other mammals -- process voice and emotion

Scientists studied the brains of blind people who’ve learned to use an augmented reality system that converts images into soundscapes

Ever done something so embarassing, ridiculous or depressing that you wish you could forget the whole horrible mess forever? If so, you're in luck

When we're scouting round for Important Objects Which We Know Are Around Here Somewhere the brain activates specific regions to help with the search

Through treating everything from strokes to car accident traumas, neurosurgeon Jocelyne Bloch knows the brain's inability to repair itself all too well. But now, she suggests, she and her colleagues may have found the key to neural repair: Doublecortin-positive cells. Similar to stem cells, they are extremely adaptable and, when extracted from a brain, cultured and then re-injected in a lesioned area of the same brain, they can help repair and rebuild it. "With a little help," Bloch says, "the brain may be able to help itself."

Yet another benefit to speaking multiple languages.

New scanning techniques make it possible to image tiny insect brains.

What we learned about the brain this week: anxiety and motivation

Volunteers learned to activate a part of the brain linked to motivation when they got feedback from an MRI. It's much more specific than older forms of biofeedback. But could it help change habits?

SmartBlog on Education this month is exploring the science of learning. Join us for original content in which experts explore trends in learning resear

In her talk, Ali Carr-Chellman pinpoints three reasons boys are tuning out of school in droves, and lays out her bold plan to re-engage them: bringing their culture into the classroom, with new rules that let boys be boys, and video games that teach as well as entertain.

MIT team have identified cells that represent isolation

In almost every major language, pineapples are called 'ananas'. Are English-speakers just being difficult?