Mallory Locklear

Mallory Locklear received her Ph.D. in neuroscience from Stony Brook University, United States, in 2014. She is a freelance science writer whose work has appeared in a number of publications including Discover Magazine, New Scientist, and Ars Technica.

Posts by Mallory

University students’ engagement in virtual learning environments

Mallory Locklear / 21 December 2018

Article Learning & Education Education technology

Augmented reality smart glasses to boost learning in the classroom

Mallory Locklear / 10 September 2018

Article Learning & Education Education technology

Young children sleep to learn

Mallory Locklear / 13 August 2018

Article Development Language

How parents can shape children’s math ability

Mallory Locklear / 20 April 2018

Article Development Parenting and childcare

The still-developing teen brain shapes the way they learn

Mallory Locklear / 15 January 2018

Article Development Neuroscience

When children begin to value expertise

Mallory Locklear / 18 December 2017

Article Development Parenting and childcare

Introducing podcasts worth hearing: Moving at the Speed of Creativity

Mallory Locklear / 23 June 2017

Article Learning & Education 21st century skills

Introducing podcasts worth hearing: Inside Education

Mallory Locklear / 16 June 2017

Article Learning & Education

Introducing podcasts worth hearing: Ways & Means

Mallory Locklear / 9 June 2017

Article Society Technology and society

Even very young children require media literacy to learn from technology

Mallory Locklear / 12 May 2017

Article Learning & Education Education technology

Introducing podcasts worth hearing: The Story Collider

Mallory Locklear / 5 May 2017

Article Learning & Education STEM

Robot tutor ARTIE boosts learning in the classroom

Mallory Locklear / 26 April 2017

Article Learning & Education Education technology

Introducing podcasts worth hearing: Morning Edition

Mallory Locklear / 17 March 2017

Article Learning & Education STEM

Can IQ tests and grades predict life outcomes?

Mallory Locklear / 15 March 2017

Article Learning & Education Education policy

Introducing podcasts worth hearing: K12Science

Mallory Locklear / 24 February 2017

Article Learning & Education STEM

Introducing podcasts worth hearing: Every Classroom Matters

Mallory Locklear / 17 February 2017

Article Learning & Education Education technology

Introducing podcasts worth hearing: Pushing the Edge

Mallory Locklear / 13 January 2017

Article Learning & Education

Introducing podcasts worth hearing: Teachers Talking Tech

Mallory Locklear / 6 January 2017

Article Learning & Education Education technology

Introducing podcasts worth hearing: Substitute

Mallory Locklear / 23 December 2016

Article Learning & Education

Introducing podcasts worth hearing: Cult of Pedagogy

Mallory Locklear / 16 December 2016

Article Learning & Education

A very stubborn gender gap

Mallory Locklear / 9 December 2016

Article Learning & Education STEM

The big shift in math and science education

Mallory Locklear / 2 December 2016

Article Learning & Education STEM

E-books versus print: is one better than the other?

Mallory Locklear / 25 November 2016

Article Learning & Education Education technology

Learning by moving

Mallory Locklear / 21 October 2016

Article Development Psychology

A future without schools

Mallory Locklear / 14 October 2016

Article Learning & Education Education systems

Making early educational interventions last

Mallory Locklear / 10 October 2016

Article Learning & Education Education policy

What makes a genius?

Mallory Locklear / 30 September 2016

Article Learning & Education STEM

Gender stereotypes in STEM form early

Mallory Locklear / 26 September 2016

Article Learning & Education STEM

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Reader in Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London

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Graduate Researcher, University of Washington

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Associate Professor, Radiology at the University of Calgary

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