A retrospective cohort study found that baseline cognitive assessment scores accounted for nearly all predictive information ...

Princeton researchers found that the brain excels at learning because it reuses modular “cognitive blocks” across many tasks. Monkeys switching between visual categorization challenges revealed that ...

Perhaps you remember the story of William Miller, the Baptist preacher who predicted that Jesus Christ’s second coming would occur on Oct. 22, 1844. When the advent failed to occur as Miller foretold, ...

In the last two decades, cognitive science has made remarkable progress in unraveling the mysteries of how we learn, uncovering numerous approaches to optimize and enrich the learning experience.

Subconsciously picking up information for use later in life is a process known as latent learning. Let’s say you’re walking down a road for the first time. You notice tall bushes obscuring a busy ...

In the first part, we organized how the burden of reading and writing arises not from a 'lack of effort,' but from ...

As AI tools become increasingly embedded in K-12 education, they offer personalized learning, real-time feedback, and access to information at unprecedented speed. However, alongside these benefits ...

Modern classrooms are filled with the language of cognitive science. We talk about student engagement, working memory, attention, mindset, and cognitive load as if we can observe these things directly ...

Being flexible and learning to adapt when the world changes is something you practice every day. Whether you run into a new construction site and have to reroute your commute or download a new ...

In ancient times, teaching and learning were accomplished through apprenticeship: We taught our children how to speak, grow crops, craft cabinets, or tailor clothes by showing them how and by helping ...