From the Norwegian Institute of Public Health press release: 10-12-years-olds can be taught how to think critically at school, even with few teachers and limited resources. Parents can also be taught to assess claims about health…
From the Lund University press release: Individual neurons can learn not only single responses to a particular signal, but also a series of reactions at precisely timed intervals. This is what emerges from a study…
From the Tufts University press release: Second-grade students who read aloud to dogs in an afterschool program demonstrated improved attitudes about reading, according to researchers at Tufts Institute for Human-Animal Interaction at Tufts University. Their…
From the NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine press release: Researchers have discovered a mechanism by which the body’s immune reaction to viruses like influenza and HIV may cause learning and…
From the Universität Bonn press release: A study led by the University of Bonn opens a new perspective with regard to the development of dementia. The scientists blocked the breakdown of a certain fat molecule in…
From the Universität Tubingen press release: Sleep helps us to retain the information that we have learned during the day. We know from animal experiments that new memories are reactivated during sleep. The brain replays…
From the Leeds Beckett University press release: Children who take part in lessons which include physical activity show an increase in health-enhancing physical activity and academic performance, according to research carried out by Leeds Beckett…
From the University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) press release: If you’re creating a message to educate, inform, or persuade, don’t underestimate the power of a well-executed cartoon. A new study…
From the Frontiers press release: What is the best way for teachers to teach so students will really learn? That’s an age-old question. Since the 1970s, one theory that has been popular among schoolteachers and…
From the UC Berkeley press release: The first year of elementary school markedly boosts a child’s attentiveness, according to new research from the University of California, Berkeley, and the Max Planck Institute in Germany. The…