The ability to make the connection between an event and its consequences -- experts use the term associative learning -- is a crucial skill for adapting to the environment. It has a huge impact on our ...

Listen to the first notes of an old, beloved song. Can you name that tune? If you can, congratulations -- it's a triumph of your associative memory, in which one piece of information (the first few ...

A Chinese longitudinal study found that associative learning and fluid reasoning abilities in children develop together, with progress in one predicting future gains in the other. Researchers followed ...