Citizen Science to advance research on emotion regulation This app brings science to your fingertips – across the globe by Susanne Schweizer / November 27, 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
Cognitive Artificial Intelligence: Building better machines (and babies!) With what we learn from AI about the origins and development of human thought, we can design better educational programs by Moira R. Dillon / September 24, 2019
“Children have to navigate the moral inconsistencies of adults” Psychologist and cognitive scientist Paul Bloom wants to get to the bottom of how children’s sense of morality develops Interview by Caroline Smrstik Gentner / August 19, 2019
How children use the power of prediction to learn new words Children are very fast trackers of structures in their language by Meeri Kim / February 25, 2019
Differing perspectives, but a common goal Insights from conversations and collaborations with early math educators and researchers by Rebecca Merkley / November 2, 2018
How can children (or computers) learn abstract relations? Around the age of 6, a child starts to understand what a synonym or an antonym is. But how? A new computational model offers explanations by Keith J. Holyoak / September 26, 2018
How can we promote our cognitive health? Sabrina Guye discusses her research into the kinds of activities that are beneficial for the brain and cognition Interview by Sabine Gysi / July 6, 2018
How child essentialism contributes to prejudice There are ways to prevent the development of essentialist thinking about specific social groups by Marjorie Rhodes / January 24, 2018
How physical activity can boost academic performance in primary school New research will add to our understanding of how physical activity relates to cognition and academic achievement by Anne de Bruijn / January 22, 2018
“Morality demands thinking with the head and not the heart” Cognitive scientist Paul Bloom talks about building a sense of morality and how a too-narrow notion of “empathy” can cause misjudgments Interview by Sabine Gysi / January 12, 2018
Auditioning for the brain New research shows: As we’re learning, brain cells are “auditioned” and either hired or dismissed, based on their performance by Elisabeth Wenger / November 14, 2017
