Research -- StepUp to Learn
Evidence That This 100-Year-Old Practice Enhances Learning
This makes learning easier, faster, and more motivating.
Building Your Child's Vocabulary? Learn by Doing!
Learning techniques that involve the performance of gestures instead of simple audio or visual information can benefit learners.
Team Finds Brain Mechanism that Automatically Links Objects in our Minds
Scientists map the part of the brain that "links" similar objects, leading to new insights about how the brain processes information out of context.
Taking Short Breaks May Help our Brains Learn New Skills
The resting brain repeatedly replays compressed memories of what was just practiced.
Sugar: High Consumption Affects Learning, Memory
New research shows high sugar consumption early in life affects learning and memory.
Puzzle Play Helps Boost Math Skills
Researchers have found that children who played with puzzles at a young age later perform better on tasks utilizing spatial skills.
Paper Notebooks vs. Mobile Devices
Unique, complex information in analog methods likely gives brain more details to trigger memory.
Solving the Screen Time Puzzle
Contradictory to previous findings, children who learn how to solve a puzzle using a touchscreen can then apply this learning to the same puzzle in the physical world.
New Experiences Enhance Learning by Resetting Key Brain Circuit
A study of spatial learning in mice shows that exposure to new experiences dampens established representations in the brain’s hippocampus and prefrontal cortex, allowing the mice to learn new navigation strategies.
Blink! The Link Between Aerobic Fitness and Cognition
Researchers have found evidence that spontaneous eye blink activity, which reflects activity in the dopaminergic system, explains the connection between fitness and cognitive function.
We Hear What We Want to Hear
New findings on the importance of anticipation in brain organization, specifically in auditory processing.
How Our Brains Know When Something's Different
Scientists discovered how a set of high frequency brain waves may help us unconsciously know when something's different by comparing memories of the past with present experiences.