Research reveals that brief, structured micro-breaks, under ten minutes, significantly enhance student attention and learning ...

The University of Texas at Arlington is expanding its research on brain health, focusing on how people navigate their ...

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A review in Nature has reported that cognitive offloading strategies have become even simpler thanks to the technologies ...

From attention to metacognition and memory, here are 15 tips to apply the latest insights from cognitive science to how students learn.

There may be a link between social media use during early adolescence and lower cognitive performance, a new study suggests. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, or ...

Abstract: The classification of cognitive load is crucial to evaluate mental effort in various tasks. Compared to physiological measures such as electroencephalography (EEG), electrocardiography (ECG) ...

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This month’s executive function skill of focus is working memory. As a reminder, executive function (EF) skills are brain-based skills that help us get things done. For those of us with ADHD, we often ...

Children across America are struggling to focus. Teachers report shorter attention spans, while parents watch their kids battle distractions. Academic performance continues to decline despite endless ...

CU Boulder scientists find that playing video games comes with small but significant cognitive benefits Ever since video games began to gain widespread popularity, some have questioned how playing ...