Computer programmers earn relatively high salaries: The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that computer programmers earned a median annual salary of $99,700 as of May 2023. Programmers ...

Expert computer programmers show higher proficiency in certain behavioral and attention skills than their novice peers. To identify the responsible brain regions, scientists used fMRI to analyze ...

But despite our increasing reliance on technology, almost nothing is known about the neural mechanisms of computer programming. "People want to know what makes someone a good programmer," Liu said.