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Individual vs. Collaborative Exams: The Effect of Collaboration on Learning
Given the choice, students likely prefer to take collaborative rather than individual exams but have you ever wondered how collaborative tests affect your education?
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Do children who sleep more retain more words?
What might influence some children to retain more words than others? Significant research holds an explanation: sleep.
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What Does It Mean? How To Rigorously Test Your Psychological Questions
Ever wonder about the method behind the madness (aka psychological science)? Our article walks you through some of the steps that go into testing, and re-testing, research questions. Spoiler alert: no one study can tell you all you need to know about a specific question!
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Getting Meta about Metacognition
In this article, I explain how we evaluate our own learning and knowledge, also known as metacognition, and why our metacognition can sometimes go awry.
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Complimenting Kids: The Nuances of Praise
Paying a child a compliment can cost a lot more than you would think.
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The Cognitive Abilities of Crows
Crows have long been portrayed as uniquely intelligent birds, but how much of this is based on fact? Studies have revealed that crows possess remarkable cognitive abilities, with a recent report suggesting that they may even have a form of consciousness.
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Animals show correlated brain activities during social interaction
Animals hold dynamic mental representations of their social partners during social interactions.
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Crime, Empathy, and the Adolescent Experience
Why do some teens commit crimes and others don’t? New research might have the answer: empathy.
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Time Flies During a Pandemic: How Attentional Bias and Event Boundaries Impact Memory of 2020
Did time feel like it flew by last year? Find out why!
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Learning Under Pressure: How Stress Alters Memory
The past year has been a uniquely stressful time for all of us. How does stress impact our ability to learn and form new memories?