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Mindset, Gender, and Intelligence: Confusing Myth or Painful Truth
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

In this research, there was no consistent gender split on...

The Neuroscience of Morality
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

How do brains encode moral impulses? As you can imagine,...

Intentional Innovation: How to Guide Risk-Taking, Build Creative Capacity, and Lead Change by A.J. Juliani
Rebecca Gotlieb
Rebecca Gotlieb

How can educators prepare students for an uncertain future? A.J....

Diagnosing ADHD with MRI
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

How do we know if a student has ADHD? Typically,...

Highlighting Retrieval Practice
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

The Effortful Educator describes his fun system for using highlighters...

God on the Brain
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

What's happening in your brain when you contemplate religious experience?...

Advice for College Students
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

This brief (and admirably clear) article offers guidance to college...

Bilingual Preschoolers and Self-Control
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

If you can speak two or more languages, you're likely...

Beyond Mere “Memory”
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Newcomers to the field of psychology and neuroscience often want...

Autonomy and Motivation
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Self-determination theory, developed by Edward Deci & Richard Ryan, argues...

Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

When you see claims for an exciting new brain training...

Welcome to “the Messiness”
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

In a recent interview on this blog, Dr. Pooja K....

The Benefits of Prediction; the Dangers of Vocabulary
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

What's the best way to study complex material? Working with...

Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Here's a hypothetical situation: Let's say that psychology researchers clearly...

Good News about Concept Mapping
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

This meta-analysis, which looks at studies including almost 12,000 students,...

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