In 1897 Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov proved that animals can be trained using associative learning. A new study finds ...
A giant, single-celled organism with no brain, neurons, or nervous system has demonstrated an advanced form of learning ...
A peer-reviewed article in Neurobiology of Learning and Memory is challenging a foundational assumption about how animals and ...
The ability to make the connection between an event and its consequences—experts use the term associative learning—is a crucial skill for adapting to the environment. It has a huge impact on our ...
Our brains are filled with lots of specialized structures that do things like process visual information, handle memories, or interpret language. One of the ways we try to understand what a brain is ...
Associative learning was always thought to be regulated by the cortex of the cerebellum, often referred to as the "little brain". However, new research from a collaboration between the Netherlands ...
Researchers report that associative learning impairments caused by obesity can be restored with liraglutide, an anti-obesity medication. After just one dose, researchers said study participants with ...
"Green" means "go," but what does "red" mean? Just about everybody says "stop" since we all have learned to imbue certain colors with meaning (or we would be road kill by now). Long thought to be ...