Research -- StepUp to Learn
The Way We Learn From Mistakes Can Lead to Anxiety
Student expectations of exam grades reveal which individuals have an optimistic or pessimistic outlook, and why that matters.
How Your Mood Affects the Way You Process Language
When participants were in a negative mood, they showed a certain type of brain activity that leads researchers to think we should pay more attention to our mood when we do some tasks.
Talk With Your Hands? You Might Think With Them Too!
When we learn, we use movement practice to embed movement patterns into our muscle memory.
Forgetting is Natural, But These Two Techniques Can Slow it Down
Researchers find that using two well-known techniques together offer drastic changes in learning effectiveness.
What Your Gaze Reveals: Attention, Processing and More
Eye movements during tasks provide information about what the person is currently occupied with and what goals are being pursued within the task.
Optimizing The Classroom to Accelerate Learning
A new approach to grouping theory uses math to determine how to organize individuals to maximize learning.
Lemon Not Melon: How Our Brains “Time-Stamp” Sounds to Process the Words We Hear
While the brain’s role in processing individual sounds has been well-researched, there is much we don’t know about how we manage the fast auditory sequences that constitute speech.
Making Memories While We Sleep: One Brain Region Teaches Another
As the body moves between REM and slow-wave sleep cycles, the hippocampus and neocortex interact in ways that are key to memory formation.
How Too Much Motivation Can Affect Decision Making
Researchers reveal why a level of motivation that is too high or too low can affect our perception and therefore our choices.
Teaching Self Regulation: Is Earlier Better?
Researchers explore the long-term effects of teaching self-regulation skills in young students.
How to Boost Emotional Development and Learning Engagement Before Kindergarten
Preschoolers who did this on a regular basis demonstrated more success in emotional development, learning engagement and academic performance across the kindergarten year.
A Boost to Executive Function in Early Childhood
Researchers explore whether adherence to American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines for diet and physical activity had any relationship with toddlers’ executive function.