Some gifted dogs with an expanded vocabulary can learn new words and connect them to objects, a sign they learn as well as ...

Language apps have turned daily study into a game, but the gap between tapping through multiple-choice drills and actually ...

Clinical animal behaviourist Rosie Bescoby has shared five straightforward training methods to help older dogs learn new skills.

While children might listen to what their mothers or fathers say, they implicitly learn much, much more through observation ...

A non verbal autistic boy amazed his parents after suddenly shouting his own doughnut order at a drive thru. Seven year old Maverick Frey rarely speaks, but confidently yelled his order after being ...

Around the world, many teachers still believe longstanding—but long-debunked—myths about learning and cognition. A study published this month in the journal Trends in Neuroscience and Education finds ...

Cruel words can leave a mark on a child –– and may have as much of an impact as physical abuse, new research has found. People who experienced physical abuse as a child were at a 50% increased risk ...

As a teacher, you want all of your students to reach their academic potential. However, not everyone learns at the same pace or in the same way. That means you need to be prepared to provide ...

As students navigate the diverse landscape of post-secondary education, a question arises: how can they best position themselves for success? The answer often begins with understanding their own ...

While it's true that words don't leave a physical mark on the body the way physical abuse does, the things we say can absolutely be weaponized to cause real and measurable harm to others. "The effects ...

Every time I broach the topic of learning styles theory here, I receive a flurry of negative feedback from teachers. Many label the theory as obsolete and thoroughly debunked. Prompted by this ...

Dr. Grant, a contributing Opinion writer, is an organizational psychologist at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Last December, I asked my students at Wharton to nominate and vote ...