Brittle stars can learn new stuff, no brain required
Brittle stars don’t have a brain but can still learn stuff through experience, a new study shows.
Movement helps kids learn letter sounds
Children who use their bodies to shape letter sounds improve their spelling skills more than those who receive traditional classroom instruction, a study finds.
Grouping English learners in class doesn’t affect reading development
Grouping elementary school English learners into separate classrooms has no effect, good or bad, on reading development, a new study shows.
Despite simple brains, jellyfish are smarter than we thought
Jellyfish can learn at a much more complex level than ever imagined, despite only having one thousand nerve cells and no centralized brain.
Some vocal learners are really good problem solvers, too
Vocal learning, problem solving, and brain size among some birds may have evolved in tandem, perhaps as a way to increase biological fitness.
Psychedelics reopen ‘critical periods’ for social learning
Psychedelics could help reopen the window of time when “the mammalian brain is far more susceptible and open to learning…”
Study debunks myth of the fast learner
Researchers wanted to know why some students learn faster than others. Their results show that people learn at a remarkably similar rate.
Why are kids so great at learning? GABA
A new study shows that the key to children’s ability to rapidly learn ABCs and 123s is spelled “GABA.”
Why are kids so great at learning? GABA
A new study shows that the key to children’s ability to rapidly learn ABCs and 123s is spelled “GABA.”
How to add nuance to preschoolers’ idea of ‘fair’
New findings offer a way to develop preschoolers’ sense of what’s fair, and help them develop some nuance in their morality.