Dallas students from an elementary school where at least 80% of students come from low-income families are projected to earn ...
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Helping kids learn how their brains work

Educators present lessons on neuroscience and mindfulness, from the youngest learners all the way up to fifth graders.
Research indicates that repetition and distributed practice are effective methods for strengthening memory and enhancing ...
The team pinpointed the exact moment mice learned a new skill by observing the activity of individual neurons, confirming earlier work that suggested animals are fast learners that purposely test the ...
A new study shows that our brain’s attention system first prepares broadly, then zooms in on specific details within ...
How we focus our attention before we even see an object matters. For example, when we look for something moving in the sky, ...
Our brains may work best when teetering on the edge of chaos. A new theory suggests that criticality a sweet spot between order and randomness is the secret to learning, memory, and adaptability. When ...
The team recorded both facial movements and brain activity. They then analysed the data with machine learning. The results surprised them. Subtle facial cues proved as informative as neuron ...