From the UCLA press release via EurekAlert!: Every high school kid has done it: putting off studying for that exam until the last minute, then pulling a caffeine-fueled all-nighter in an attempt to cram as…
From the Indiana University press release via EurekAlert!: A study by Indiana University sociologist Jessica McCrory Calarco found that working-class and middle-class parents often take very deliberate — but different — approaches to helping their…
From the Ruhr University Bochum press release via EurekAlert!: Stressed and non-stressed persons use different brain regions and different strategies when learning. This has been reported by the cognitive psychologists PD Dr. Lars Schwabe and…
From the Johns Hopkins Medicine press release: Working with mice, Johns Hopkins researchers say they have figured out how stem cells found in a part of the brain responsible for learning, memory and mood regulation…
From the Michigan State University press release: For the human brain, learning a new task when rules change can be a surprisingly difficult process marred by repeated mistakes, according to a new study by Michigan…
From the Northwestern University press release by Hilary Hurd Anyaso via HealthCanal: Can’t figure your way from a map to reality? All is not lost. Training is effective for improving spatial skills, Northwestern University researchers…
From the University of Illinois press release via Physorg: Students with cognitive and learning disabilities who engaged in a self-directed learning program were more likely to access mainstream instruction and achieve their academic or other…
From the University of Missouri press release: In a University of Missouri study, girls and boys started grade school with different approaches to solving arithmetic problems, with girls favoring a slow and accurate approach and…
From the Public Library of Science press release via EurekAlert!: Cambridge scientists have used an age-old fable to help illustrate how we think differently to other animals. Lucy Cheke, a PhD student at the University…
From the Wake Forest University press release via Newswise: As the shiny new school supplies beckon, the fresh start to the school year could be the inspiration for parents to shift their strategies when it…