Even when you start something new, it doesn't seem to stick.You read a book, but the content doesn't stay in your head. You ...

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Punching a virtual response box or swinging a virtual lightsaber can dramatically improve learning on certain tasks, according to new research from Florida Atlantic University's College of Engineering ...

Cursive is making a comeback. The looping handwriting style defined by flowing, connected letters had faded from curricula in places such as the United States, Finland and Switzerland as schools ...

A team of researchers has discovered that a protein called cypin plays a powerful role in helping brain cells connect and communicate, which is crucial for learning and memory. By uncovering how cypin ...

Recordings from 112 epilepsy patients link specific amygdala neurons to later image recognition, suggesting a broader role ...

Around the world, many teachers still believe longstanding—but long-debunked—myths about learning and cognition. A study published this month in the journal Trends in Neuroscience and Education finds ...

We tend to think of learning as something that happens in the mind, a mental exercise of reading, practicing, and remembering. But the truth is far more visceral. Every time you learn something new, ...

Universities champion evidence. We test it, weigh it, and share it with our students. Given this, it is hard to understand the vehement and almost anti-evidentiary disagreement with the science of ...

A new study reveals that when a baby is born prematurely, their cerebellum, the part of the brain with a critical role in ...

Anxiety is often described as apprehension, worries, a sense of impending doom, or fear in the absence of real danger. For many people, however, that definition may feel incomplete. Sometimes it is ...

Traditional stuttering treatment typically involves speaking exercises with a speech language pathologist or speech therapist ...