From the University of Chicago press release via EurekAlert!: Test performance can improve dramatically if students are offered rewards just before they are given standardized tests and if they receive the incentive immediately afterward, new…
From the Northwestern University press release: Want to nail that tune that you’ve practiced and practiced? Maybe you should take a nap with the same melody playing during your sleep, new provocative Northwestern University research…
From the University of Cambridge press release via Physorg: A new book documents how staff at a primary school built on a previous study by Cambridge researchers to create an inclusive learning environment – driven…
From the University of Notre Dame press release by Susan Guibert: Most of us assume that confidence and certainty are preferred over uncertainty and bewilderment when it comes to learning complex information. But a new…
From the University of Missouri press release: Human brains process large and small numbers of objects using two different mechanisms, but infants have not yet developed the ability to make those two processes work together,…
From the University of Chicago press release by Bronwyn McDaniel: Classroom characteristics can make a difference in how students learn to apply themselves academically, research shows. Teachers know that students’ willingness to put in effort…
From the Carnegie Mellon University press release via Physorg: From factory workers to Wall Street bankers, a reasonable proficiency in math is a crucial requirement for most well-paying jobs in a modern economy. Yet, over…
From the Public Library of Science press release via EurekAlert!: A robot analogous to a child between 6 and 14 months old can develop rudimentary linguistic skills through interaction with a human participant, as reported…
From the Emory University press release by Quinn Eastman: One of the brain’s jobs is to help us figure out what’s important enough to be remembered. Scientists at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University…
From the University of Chicago press release via EurekAlert!: Children who are skilled in understanding how shapes fit together to make recognizable objects also have an advantage when it comes to learning the number line…