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How Spontaneous Neural Activity Powers Brain Wiring in Utero

How Spontaneous Neural Activity Powers Brain Wiring in Utero

Yale researchers identified how brain cells form a wired network in early development, before experiences shape the brain.
Posted in Neuroscience

Non-Cognitive Skills: The Hidden Key to Academic Success

Non-Cognitive Skills: The Hidden Key to Academic Success

Non-cognitive skills are as important as intelligence in determining academic success, new study finds.
Posted in Education, Social Development, Social Skills

Heads Up, Teachers! How Your Posture Hurts or Helps Student Engagement

Heads Up, Teachers! How Your Posture Hurts or Helps Student Engagement

Variations in an instructor's body posture can enhance teaching and stimulate learning by influencing students' perceptions and attitudes.
Posted in Attention, Education, Engagement, Motivation

Game On! Board Games Aren't Just a Reward

Game On! Board Games Aren't Just a Reward

Researchers tested the effectiveness of modern board games in school settings for memory and math skills. Their results were surprising.
Posted in Education, Mathematics, Memory

Brain Waves Shape the Words We Hear

Brain Waves Shape the Words We Hear

The timing of our brain waves shapes which words we hear. 

Posted in Attention, Language, Neuroscience, Speech

Eureka! Exploring Learning Through Moments of Insight

Eureka! Exploring Learning Through Moments of Insight

Learning is often not a gradual process, but takes place in leaps and bounds.
Posted in Attention, Education, Neuroscience

Brain-Imaging Study Reveals Curiosity as it Emerges

Brain-Imaging Study Reveals Curiosity as it Emerges

In a first, researchers link subjective feelings of curiosity to the way the brain physically represents it.

Posted in Attention, Engagement, Motivation, Neuroscience

Sensory Overload? How the Brain Adapts Hearing in Different Listening Situations

Sensory Overload? How the Brain Adapts Hearing in Different Listening Situations

Researchers uncover brain region’s role in hearing and learning, paving the way for improving hearing in both healthy individuals and those with sensory impairments.
Posted in Attention, Neuroscience

How Building Design Impacts Performance

How Building Design Impacts Performance

New research reveals a link between rooms with high ceilings and examination results.

Posted in Education, Neuroscience

Decodable Texts: Helping or Hurting Early Readers?

Decodable Texts: Helping or Hurting Early Readers?

Study provides insights into the use of decodable texts in early reading instruction.

Posted in Education, School Readiness

The Key to a Balanced Brain

The Key to a Balanced Brain

Researchers found that high performing groups of children and youths had lower amounts of this than their peers of the same age.
Posted in Engagement, Neuroscience

Peers Crucial in Shaping Boys’ Confidence in Math Skills

Peers Crucial in Shaping Boys’ Confidence in Math Skills

How social mechanisms contribute to the gender gap in math confidence.
Posted in Education, Mathematics, Social Development