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New insight into how children learn maths
BBC: Eight-year-olds gained a deeper understanding of mathematical principles by using their hands as well as their brains, say US psychologists. Children were taught to solve formulae such as: “4 + 2 + 6 =
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Preschoolers’ Innate Knowledge Means They Can Probably Do Algebra
TIME: Give a three-year old a smartphone and she’ll likely figure out how to turn it on and operate a few simple functions. But confront her with an algebra problem and ask her to solve
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How Spring Opens the Mind
The Atlantic: This time of year brings out humanity’s loosey-goosey side. For Easter, Czech people douse each other in cold water as part of an ancient fertility ritual. South Asians pelt each other with colored
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Powering Products With Psychological Science
Psychological scientist Mary Czerwinski explores how embedding sensors into clothing can measure — and possibly help regulate — emotions.
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The Science And Poetry Behind A Semi-Famous Sleep Talker
NPR: Over the years, a couple of other McGregor’s sleep-talk recordings have been released. The forthcoming one has an introduction by a Harvard Medical School psychologist and frankly, upon listening to several of these recordings
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Muscle Head
The New York Times: “Feel the burn!” That was Jane Fonda in 1982, exhorting the viewers of her first-of-its-kind workout video to engage in an exotic pursuit called exercise. In her striped leotard and legwarmers
