Knight Initiative researchers are investigating the detailed processes behind how the brain learns to control movement. Their ...

People usually only have to learn how to ride a bicycle once; and once a person learns how, they can get on and start riding even if they haven't in many years. It's easier to remember motor skills ...

For every motor skill you've ever learned, whether it's walking or watchmaking, there is a small ensemble of neurons in your ...

"Practice makes perfect" is the maxim drummed into students struggling to learn a new motor skill – be it riding a bike or developing a killer backhand in tennis. In order to become proficient in any ...

New connections begin to form between brain cells almost immediately as animals learn a new task, according to a study published this week in Nature. Led by researchers at the University of California ...

When the Golden State Warriors’ Steph Curry makes a free throw, his brain draws on motor memory. Now researchers at UC San Francisco have shown how this type of memory is consolidated during sleep, ...

When the Golden State Warriors' Steph Curry makes a free throw, his brain draws on motor memory. Now researchers at UC San Francisco (UCSF) have shown how this type of memory is consolidated during ...

Maybe making a cup of coffee is a daily requirement for you. You have a specific way you like your cup of joe, and you make it the same way every day. Maybe you grind your own coffee beans and make a ...

Berkeley -- "Practice makes perfect" is the maxim drummed into students struggling to learn a new motor skill - be it riding a bike or developing a killer backhand in tennis. Stunning new research now ...