Cognitive, Operant, Classical, Operational, Latent: What Do They Mean? Learning is a relatively lasting change in behavior resulting from observation and experience. It is the acquisition of ...

What is the mechanism that allows our brains to incorporate new information about the world, and form memories? New work by a team of neuroscientists shows that learning occurs through the continuous ...

Researchers have long thought that rewards like food or money encourage learning in the brain by causing the release of the 'feel-good' hormone dopamine, known to reinforce storage of new information.

In education, as in psychology, clarity matters. Yet in everyday conversations about teaching and learning, terms like learning theory and pedagogy are often used interchangeably. Phrases such as “We ...

Learning isn't a passive process. It also doesn't just involve memorizing facts. According to psychologist psychologist David ...