Adolescent learning: rewards, punishments, and the importance of context By understanding how adolescents learn in various environments, we can discover how to better support their health and well-being by Alexandra Cohen / March 24, 2020
The challenge of communicating in noisy classrooms Some simple adjustments could make big differences in children’s ability to learn by Jessica Massonnié / February 24, 2020
Are adolescents more creative than adults? Adolescents' ideas tend to be more original, adults' more feasible. Thinking creatively together is key to solving today's challenges by Claire Stevenson / January 13, 2020
Children’s shifting responses are more than what they seem Repeated questioning can result in variable responses because children are leveraging the social context to learn about the world by Elizabeth Bonawitz / January 9, 2020
“Learning how to learn is the core of what we have to teach our students” Teacher Patrick Poscio devised a system to help students understand their own learning patterns and use that awareness to learn better Interview by Caroline Smrstik Gentner / December 6, 2019
Citizen Science to advance research on emotion regulation This app brings science to your fingertips – across the globe by Susanne Schweizer / November 27, 2019
“These players develop excellent sustained attention and focus” Regular players of action video games show an improvement in certain cognitive abilities, Daphne Bavelier finds Interview by Helena Pozniak / November 22, 2019
How to bust educational neuromyths? Emphasise what works Neuromyths are seductive for good reasons: they tend to address teachers’ needs by Jessica Massonnié / November 4, 2019
Teachers learn about neuroscience The more teachers understand, the more they can analyse their own practice as well as information presented to them from elsewhere by Annie Brookman-Byrne / October 17, 2019
Do trees make children smarter? It’s complicated. A new paper suggests the relationship between greenery and cognitive development may not be as straightforward as previously thought by Dwyer Gunn / September 30, 2019
The positive side of risk-taking The narrative that risk-taking is detrimental to young people’s well-being is misleading. In fact, it's a normal part of healthy development by Natasha Duell / August 29, 2019
Exams may damage teenagers’ mental health and restrict their potential Research suggests stress of exams at such a critical time in teens' social, emotional, and cognitive development may be detrimental by Kathryn Bates / August 22, 2019
