Monthly Archives: November 2015

Giving Back: Can pro-social behavior be self-protective?

Humans are social beings, and we need others: Celebrating the good and coping with the…



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Developing the Social Brain: Insights from the Science of Adolescence

Adolescence is the period between childhood and adulthood that largely coincides with the years of…



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Learning & the Brain® Presented the “2015 Transforming Education Through...

Learning & the Brain presented Dr. Fumiko Hoeft from the University of California, San Francisco…



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The Problem with Believing in Innate Talent

“It’s OK, some people just aren’t good at math”. We’ve all heard this before. In…



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Do metaphors make learning a piece of cake?

At first glance, metaphor and science might seem to inhabit opposite ends of the things-we-learn-in-school…



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Overloaded and Underprepared: Strategies for Stronger Schools and Healthy, Successful...

Many middle and high school students are exhausted, stressed, tempted by maladaptive behaviors, and not necessarily…



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Meta-Learning: The Importance of Thinking about Thinking

“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write,…



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