Richard J. Haier, author of The Neuroscience of Intelligence explains the concept of neuroplasticity and shows how playing the video game Tetris changes the brain.
Two-hundred years ago, in October 1816 … . . . a brilliant young medical student, trained at Guys Hospital in London, aced his apothecary examination (apothecaries were basic practitioners). Notwithstanding...
Deirdre Osborne, editor of The Cambridge Companion to British Black and Asian Literature, explores the legacy of Black History Month and the current state of Black and Asian writing in Britain.
In the second week of our virtual round-table learning sciences, we ask the editors of Reflections on the Learning Sciences: What exciting new research can be found in learning sciences at this...
As part of our Great Figures and Leaders promotion we've asked Ruth Tatlow, author of Bach's Numbers, why Bach is still so important and what makes him a great figure?
Damon Mayrl explores the importance of thinking institutionally about secularization in modern societies.
In a new interview, Data Management Essentials Using SAS and JMP authors Julie Kezik of the Yale School of Public Health and Melissa Hill of CD3 Inc.describe how their accessible guide is the ideal resource for SAS users and instructors.
Three experts discuss learning sciences in week one of a seven week long virtual round-table discussion.
Bert Spector on Bruce Springsteen and leadership.
Carol Hardy-Fanta, co-author of Contested Transformation, reflects on Anita Hill's testimony 25 years later.
Implausible as it may seem, while all speakers of a language have knowledge of language, they often have little knowledge about language. Their knowledge of their spoken language, remains, as we say, implicit,...
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