What if the secret to better learning isn’t what we teach but what we believe? I recently led school workshops on ‘growth mindset’, aimed at helping educators understand how beliefs about intelligence ...

Our brains may work best when teetering on the edge of chaos. A new theory suggests that criticality a sweet spot between order and randomness is the secret to learning, memory, and adaptability. When ...

For decades, higher education has relied on a familiar model: expert-led lectures, content-heavy curricula and assessments designed to measure recall. While this approach has produced graduates with ...

When we find learning hard, especially in subjects like maths, we often focus on the environment. Maybe individuals did not have good teachers, or perhaps they were not motivated. But research is now ...

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Daily routines change, and many older adults find that learning new processes becomes more difficult over time. Slower ...

When we are learning things, we use our five senses sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing. However, even after understanding things with these five senses, one cannot guarantee that they will retain ...

Your brain does not need long, exhausting sessions to stay sharp. Just five focused minutes a day can improve memory, attention, and mental flexibility at any age. Think of these as quick mental ...