In a new JNeurosci paper, Kahori Kita and colleagues at Johns Hopkins University explored how people switch between intuitive motor skills they know and newly learned movement patterns.

I try hard to avoid sitting in a big room listening to a speech that doesn’t interest me. I find it physically uncomfortable to remain still and focus when I’d rather be doing something else. But ...

Technology can be confusing to navigate. From setting up new devices to adjusting email settings to navigating social media and more, there’s no shortage of new skills to learn. Older adults do face ...

In most adults, learning and thinking plateau and then begin to decline after age 30 or 40. People start to perform worse in tests of cognitive abilities such as processing speed, the rate at which ...

Absolute pitch is an ability rarely found in the population. Also known as ‘perfect pitch’, it refers to the ability to name a musical note (like C or C-sharp) just by hearing a tone. Importantly, ...