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Bilingual Preschoolers and Self-Control
If you can speak two or more languages, you’re likely to have some real advantages…
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Beyond Mere “Memory”
Newcomers to the field of psychology and neuroscience often want to learn as much as…
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Autonomy and Motivation
Self-determination theory, developed by Edward Deci & Richard Ryan, argues that people are motivated by…
Brain Training and Dementia
When you see claims for an exciting new brain training finding (the headline crows “Dementia…
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Welcome to “the Messiness”
In a recent interview on this blog, Dr. Pooja K. Agarwal spoke about the benefits…
Now Even the New York Times Has It Wrong
Here’s a hypothetical situation: Let’s say that psychology researchers clearly demonstrate that retrieval practice helps…
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Good News about Concept Mapping
This meta-analysis, which looks at studies including almost 12,000 students, concludes that creating concept maps…
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The Benefits of Forgetting
As teachers, we earnestly want our students to REMEMBER what they learned; their habit of FORGETTING…
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Neuroplasticity in Rural India
You hear so much about “neuroplasticity” at Learning and the Brain conferences that you already know…