There’s no one-size-fits-all solution for training your brain A personalized approach to brain training could be beneficial by Anja Pahor / August 20, 2020
How to select the best learning strategies for children There are vast differences between individual children, and children’s abilities can change quickly by Garvin Brod / July 22, 2020
Working memory training in school A new study suggests that positive effects on learning may take time to emerge by Annie Brookman-Byrne / July 1, 2020
Talking with, not just to, children helps them learn On the importance of translating the science of language development by Meredith Rowe / April 15, 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
Mindfulness in schools: Is it overrated? Scientific evidence mitigates the effectiveness of mindfulness interventions by Jessica Massonnié / October 21, 2019
Some learners cannot visualise things in their mind’s eye But our wide-ranging experiences and individual differences in thinking lead us to learn in a multitude of ways by Kathryn Bates / August 15, 2019
Does curiosity drive learning? Students who believe they’re on the verge of understanding may be more eager to learn by Dwyer Gunn / July 19, 2019
The bright and dark sides of knowledge The acquisition of knowledge is only one of many goals in education by Yee Lee Shing / May 8, 2019
How can we create optimal learning conditions? The circumstances that have the greatest impact on working memory performance appear to differ from child to child by Andreas Neubauer / February 11, 2019
How smart is it to go to bed with your phone? Kerstin Hödlmoser looks at the impact of blue-enriched light on sleep and how it affects memory consolidation and emotion regulation Interview by Sabine Gysi / February 1, 2019
The teenage brain: prone to risk-taking or creative? Public perceptions of the “teenage brain” can be self-fulfilling prophecies by Nienke van Atteveldt / January 30, 2019