Arguably, the problem of learning represents a gateway to understanding intelligence in brains and machines, to discovering how the human brain works and to making intelligent machines that learn from ...

Variability is crucially important for learning new skills. Consider learning how to serve in tennis. Should you always practice serving from the exact same location on the court, aiming at exactly ...

If you want to improve your aerobic capacity, play full-court basketball, not softball. To improve your analytical skills, learn to play chess or bridge, not Chutes and Ladders. If you really want to ...

It’s a question that’s been around for a very long time: which is better to focus on, specialization or generalization? Many people have to ask themselves this as they develop skills for a future ...

“Take your mark!” the starter yelled as the 12-year-old boys anxiously climbed up the starting blocks. This swim meet was not an ordinary meet — this was the OMPA meet, one of the largest recreational ...

In medicine, there's a well-known maxim: never say more than your data allows. It's one of the first lessons learned by clinicians and researchers. Journal editors expect it. Reviewers demand it. And ...

The bass on the gym speakers is loud. The student section is full and jumping so perfectly in sync it seems to rock the entire gymnasium. Parents fill the bleachers watching with anticipation to see ...