Students often look for quick tips to improve their memory and focus. But do ‘memory hacks’ actually work, or is long-term success built on habits? In an exclusive interview with HT Digital, Dr.
How does learning work? Encode, store, retrieve: Take it in, find a place for it, pull it out when you need it. If you can’t retrieve information, you haven’t really learned it. So since we all learn ...
There are plenty of science-backed ways to get smarter. You can learn several things in succession to harness the power of interleaving. You can vary the way you study. You can test yourself. You can ...
Scientists now know that while we snooze, our brains help solidify the memories we made during the day. In this Special Feature, we investigate whether simple techniques might help improve memory ...
Think about the last time you studied for an exam. You probably read your notes, went through textbooks, maybe even watched a ...
Have you ever put your keys down and then completely forgotten where to find them? The brain has to work hard to protect information in your working memory from distractions. How this process works ...
Astrocytes have traditionally been thought to have a supporting role in the brain, but new research shows they also play a ...
A key part—though surely not the only part—of early-grades math is ensuring students get the basic arithmetic functions down and, beyond that, making sure they’re able to swiftly and automatically ...