Computer programming powers modern society and enabled the AI revolution, but little is known about how our brains learn this ...

Learning to code doesn’t require new brain systems—it builds on the ones we already use for logic and reasoning.

This is your brain on computer programming. The post How learning computer programming ‘rewires’ parts of the brain appeared ...

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 this ...

A painless, non-invasive 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 ...

An international team of scientists led by the University of Surrey has discovered that a form of safe, painless, and non-invasive brain stimulation could help people who are at risk of falling behind ...

Design and analysis of personalized deep neural networks for modeling numerical cognition and learning disabilities. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adq9990 Using AI to analyze ...

Feeling intimidated by numbers or equations? You’re not alone. Research on mathematics anxiety — defined as the tension or ...

It’s frustrating when you try to hunker down to tackle a project, only to have your mind wander. If this happens more than ...