From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Too often our memory starts acting like a particularly porous sieve: all the important fragments that should be caught and preserved somehow just disappear. So armed with…
From the Monash University press release: When learning to master complex movements such as those required in surgery, is being physically guided by an expert more effective than learning through trial and error? New research…
From the University of Texas at Austin press release via Newswise: When humans learn, their brains relate new information with past experiences to derive new knowledge, according to psychology research from The University of Texas…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Increasing the number of students interested in science, technology, engineering, and math – otherwise known as the STEM disciplines – is considered to be vital to national…
From the National Academy of Sciences press release via Physorg: Educational and business leaders want today’s students both to master school subjects and to excel in areas such as problem solving, critical thinking, and communication…
From the Biomed Central press release via ScienceDaily: If a train is travelling a distance of 55 miles at 150mph, how long will it take to reach its destination? If the thought of having to…
From the University of the West of England press release via MedicalXpress: Students are often expected to speak knowledgably in front of groups of unfamiliar people as part of their education. The assessment of student…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: As each day passes, the pace of life seems to accelerate – demands on productivity continue ever upward and there is hardly ever a moment when we…
From the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio press release via EurekAlert!: Cognitive skills such as learning and memory diminish with age in everyone, and the drop-off is steepest in Alzheimer’s disease.…
From the Johns Hopkins University press release: A first-of-its kind study using the World Wide Web to collect data from more than 10,000 study subjects ages 11 to 85 found that humans’ inborn “number sense”…