Learning and the Brain Blog
Many educational fads ask teachers to sort our students into...
Why do chess experts win more chess matches than novices?...
Teachers who want to shape our practice with research find...
Do hard-to-read fonts improve learning? The answer is: that's the...
Some researchers say that mind wandering is "just fine." Others...
At one of the first Learning and the Brain conferences...
Gail Saltz, author of The Power of Different: The Link...
I've posted a good bit recently about the dangers of...
Some study habits have been shown to work in psychology...
Recent research offers a helpful insight into adolescent emotion processing....
When teachers contemplate asking students to take longhand notes, we...
New research into working memory might give teachers fresh perspective...
A short, "intensive" college course might seem like a good...
Neuroscientists talk a lot about neurotransmitters. These chemicals move from...
Although "more" often seems better, brains can benefit from "less."...