Almost all presentations (PowerPoint or otherwise) entail a presenter talking while displaying slides full of words. The idea is that the words on the screen support the words being spoken, thereby ...

So say Aussie researchers at the University of New South Wales, who if they don’t exactly use the words “will rot your brain,” nonetheless have concluded what we all have long known to be true: ...

So you are about to read this article. What unseen assumptions will shape the way you read these words? Let’s find out how ...

By Dr. Lisa C. Duffin Imagine that a struggling college freshman confides in you that they are having difficulty learning the material in one of their classes. When you ask what specific problems they ...

Every time you master a new recipe, remember a phone number, or finally figure out how to fold a fitted sheet, your brain is learning. But new research shows that the brain learns in a more complex ...

Teachers’ beliefs matter for student learning—but myths about the brain can be easily spread and hard to dislodge. The vast majority of active and future teachers—and even more of the general public ...