Want to Learn More? Pick Up a Pen
When you're learning new information and you want to remember it, you might be tempted to reach for your keyboard or your phone. However,...
The Hop on Pop Revolution
Reading to a toddler-aged child does more than just get them to sit still for a few minutes. Led by James Law, Professor of Speech and...
The Cutest Fact You'll Learn Today
We all want to hang out with the people who really “get” us—our equals, our peers. As it turns out, this even appears to hold true for...
The Book Brain: How Reading Transforms Us
When you really think about it, the fact that you can read this sentence is nothing short of amazing. In a fraction of a second, you are...
Remembering Hermann Ebbinghaus
Read this shopping list, and then cover it with your hand: Bread Milk Oranges Peanut Butter Yogurt Pickles Turkey Folders Tissue ...
How to Learn, or, Your Brain: A User's Manual
The concept of studying is at the core of our learning institutions. It's what you're supposed to be doing in college. Still, just how...
Forgetting to Learn, or, The Paradox of Memory
Memory is a fickle thing. There are times when the important information you need, like an email password, remains just out of your grasp....
Stereotype Threat, or, Secret Messages and You
One of the most disorienting ideas in Nobel Prize winning economist Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow is just how susceptible...
What's in Your Brain Attic?
Hoarders are an interesting lot. Some contend that it’s a form of mental illness: the compulsive need to hold onto a wide variety of...
The Achilles' Heel in Your Thinking
Have you ever wondered why some people—and maybe we’re talking about you—are so adamant about some things? It might be a political...
