How Reading Strengthens Your Brain: The Surprising Benefits for Memory, Focus, and Mental Health

Reading is a simple yet powerful habit that boosts brain health and mental well-being. Experts say it reduces stress, ...
Educators Technology

Memorization and Repetition: How Learning Really Works

Discover research on memorization techniques for studying. Learn how repetition learning theory and spaced repetition boost ...

Brain neurons process salience, valence and value separately to understand what is important—and what isn't

The sound of a fire alarm tells us to get out quickly to not get hurt, while the sight of a gas station sign can signal a ...

Six Brilliant Brain Science And Psychology Books From The Year

A selection of science-based books from the year that together shine new light on who we are and why we think and act as we do.
Scientific American

New Brain Device Is First to Read Out Inner Speech

After a brain stem stroke left him almost entirely paralyzed in the 1990s, French journalist Jean-Dominique Bauby wrote a book about his experiences—letter by letter, blinking his left eye in response ...
The Conversation

Do you really need to read to learn? What neuroscience says about reading versus listening

Stephanie N. Del Tufo, Ph.D. research has been supported by the National Institutes of Health (NICHD, NIDCD, NIE, NINDS), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Spencer Foundation, the University ...
Wired

There’s Neuralink—and There’s the Mind-Reading Company That Might Surpass It

Mark Jackson is playing a computer game with his mind. As he reclines in bed, three blue circles appear on a laptop screen a few feet away. One turns red: the target. Jackson is in control of a white ...