Educational Psychology News
April 19, 2024
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Mar. 25, 2024 Many parents recognize increasing mental health concerns among children, reflected by the 1 in 5 who say they're open to allowing a child to take a mental health ...
Mar. 25, 2024 Research has often focused on how teachers and educators can best instruct and accommodate students with disabilities. However, are the methods used to teach students with disabilities effective and inclusive for all ...
Mar. 22, 2024 Only a very small percentage of neurons show changes after an epileptic seizure in mice, but these alterations can be permanent and trigger future seizures. An experimental treatment may prevent ...
Mar. 21, 2024 A researcher has developed a new model that provides a holistic view on how our brain manages to learn quickly and forms stable, long-lasting memories. Their study sheds light on the crucial role of interactions among neighboring contact sites of ...
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Mar. 18, 2024 The use of antipsychotics during pregnancy isn't linked to childhood neurodevelopmental disorders or learning difficulties, study suggests -- giving assurance to those concerned about continuing ...
Mar. 21, 2024 Researchers have identified a mechanism that causes neurological problems in mice infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind COVID-19. The ...
Mar. 18, 2024 A new analysis estimates that 68 percent of Chicago children under age six live in households with tap water containing detectable levels of ...
Mar. 14, 2024 A positive relationship with a teacher at an early age may help children to feel more engaged with school, but not necessarily in the long term, new ...
Mar. 13, 2024 Teachers might be more motivated to help students engage with their emotions and build their resilience when this work is part of lessons, rather ...
Mar. 12, 2024 Recent experiments by psychologists shed new light on how we learn and how we remember our real-world experiences. In two experiments, researchers asked participants to repeatedly study pairs of ...
Mar. 13, 2024 Exposure to several combinations of toxic atmospheric pollutants may be triggering asthma symptoms among children, a recent analysis suggests. The study showed that 25 different combinations of air ...
Mar. 11, 2024 We can learn to be happy, but only get lasting benefits if we keep practicing, a new study has ...
Mar. 8, 2024 Smaller class sizes in schools are failing to increase the resilience of children from low-income families, according to a new ...
Mar. 6, 2024 About one-third of autistic people are unable to communicate using speech, and most are never provided an effective alternative. However, a new study suggests that many of these individuals are ...
Earlier Headlines
Apr. 17, 2024 Gender stereotypes mean that girls can be celebrated for their emotional openness and maturity in school, while boys are seen as likely to mask their emotional distress through silence or disruptive ...
Apr. 15, 2024 Managing problematic student behavior is one of the most persistent, challenging, and controversial issues facing schools today. Yet despite best intentions to build a more inclusive and ...
Mar. 28, 2024 School quality ratings significantly reflect the preparation of a school's students, not just the school's contribution to learning gains, according to new ...
Mar. 13, 2024 Three peer-reviewed journals have recently published research papers by Penn State's Hammel Family Human Rights Initiative. The papers illustrate how the initiative's programs help K-12 ...
Mar. 11, 2024 A new study of how high school students respond to a program designed to increase the frequency and quality of conversations about race in school finds that the anti-racist intervention did not cause ...
Mar. 1, 2024 Scientists have been examining the relationship between childhood adversity, and psychiatric decline as well as adult adversity and psychiatric and cognitive ...
Mar. 1, 2024 Are genetic factors underlying children's language development linked to later-life outcomes? In a genome-wide analysis, an international research team found genetic associations between ...
Feb. 29, 2024 Neuroscientists say they have found a new function for the SYNGAP1 gene, a DNA sequence that controls memory and learning in mammals, including mice and ...
Feb. 27, 2024 A new study shows oxygenation levels in the placenta, formed during the last three months of fetal development, are an important predictor of cortical growth (development of the outermost layer of ...
Feb. 27, 2024 Intelligent tutoring systems for math problems helped pupils remain or even increase their performance during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed data from five ...
Feb. 27, 2024 The activity of Snhg11, a gene found in the 'dark matter' of the genome, is critical for the function and formation of neurons in the hippocampus, specifically in an area critical for ...
Feb. 23, 2024 Violence against teachers is likely to be higher in schools that focus on grades and test scores than in schools that emphasize student learning, a new study has ...
Feb. 21, 2024 Sleep helps consolidate our memory of complex associations, thus supporting the ability to complete memories of whole ...
Feb. 21, 2024 Students tend to like friendly teachers, but they like those who believe they can improve even more, new research indicates. Students in a study still responded positively to instructors described as ...
Feb. 20, 2024 Researchers conducted a study in which they showed four classrooms to students and asked about their perceptions of masculine traits versus feminine traits of the rooms. They also showed the same ...
Feb. 20, 2024 Researchers have found that inhibiting a key protein can stop the destruction of synapses and dendritic spines commonly seen in Alzheimer's ...
Feb. 16, 2024 A team of researchers are encouraging us to swap textbooks for games, as they drive the application of games in learning, engagement and ...
Feb. 15, 2024 Our brains are 'programmed' to learn more from people we like -- and less from those we dislike. This has been shown by researchers in cognitive neuroscience in a series of ...
Feb. 13, 2024 Oxytocin, a naturally occurring chemical in the brain, plays a crucial role in various cognitive functions, including memory. A recent study revealed that the activation of neurons in the ...
Feb. 12, 2024 Children's interest in, and competence perceptions of, mathematics are generally quite positive as they begin school, but turn less positive during the first three years. This is shown by a ...
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- Link Between Adversity, Psychiatric and Cognitive Decline
- Early Vocabulary Size Is Genetically Linked to ADHD, Literacy, and Cognition
Thursday, February 29, 2024
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
- New Study Links Placental Oxygen Levels to Fetal Brain Development
- Maths: Smart Learning Software Helps Children During Lockdowns -- And Beyond
- Learning and Memory Problems in Down Syndrome Linked to Alterations in Genome's 'dark Matter'
Friday, February 23, 2024
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
- Sleep Improves Ability to Recall Complex Events
- Teachers' Growth Mindset Appears More Important Than Warmth
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
- Study Finds Students, Designers Have Different Perceptions of Masculine, Feminine Traits of Classrooms
- Blocking Key Protein May Halt Progression of Alzheimer's Disease
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Monday, December 18, 2023
- Parents' Top Resolutions: More Patience, Less Time on Phones
- AI's Memory-Forming Mechanism Found to Be Strikingly Similar to That of the Brain
- Memory Research: Breathing in Sleep Impacts Memory Processes
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
- Yoga Nidra Might Be a Path to Better Sleep and Improved Memory
- Machine Learning Sees Into the Future to Prevent Sight Loss in Humans
Thursday, December 7, 2023
Friday, December 1, 2023
- Human Behavior Guided by Fast Changes in Dopamine Levels
- Why Reading Nursery Rhymes and Singing to Babies May Help Them to Learn Language
- Child-Centric Approach: Blueprint to Improve Communities
Thursday, November 30, 2023
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
- Brittle Stars Can Learn Just Fine -- Even Without a Brain
- AI May Aid in Diagnosing Adolescents With ADHD
Monday, November 27, 2023
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- Can AI Grasp Related Concepts After Learning Only One?
- A Sustainable Future Is Based on a Learning Society
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- Traumatic Memories Can Rewire the Brain
- Study Reveals Shyness Could Impact Young Children's Performance on Language Tests
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Friday, September 22, 2023
- Jellyfish, With No Central Brain, Shown to Learn from Past Experience
- Trigonelline Derived from Coffee Improves Cognitive Functions in Mice
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
- Breaking in the Black Box of Pedagogical Authority
- Dopamine Regulates How Quickly and Accurately Decisions Are Made
- Assessing Unintended Consequences in AI-Based Neurosurgical Training
Monday, September 18, 2023
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- Discoveries on Memory Mechanisms Could Unlock New Therapies for Alzheimer's and Other Brain Diseases
- Surprising Study Results: Students Are Bored During Exams
- Researcher Combats Bullying of Students With Disabilities
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
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Thursday, August 17, 2023
- A Healthy Diet, Reading, and Doing Sports Promote Reasoning Skills in Children
- Anti-Obesity Drug Improves Associative Learning in People With Obesity
Monday, August 14, 2023
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Wednesday, August 9, 2023
- How Sure Is Sure? Incorporating Human Error Into Machine Learning
- Dissecting the Anatomy of a 'superheroic' Science Class
- 'Ebb and Flow' Brain Mechanism That Drives Learning Identified
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
Monday, August 7, 2023
- Memory, Forgetting, and Social Learning
- Mathematical Theory Predicts Self-Organized Learning in Real Neurons
Thursday, August 3, 2023
Monday, July 31, 2023
- Researchers Find Little Evidence of Cheating With Online, Unsupervised Exams
- GPT-3 Can Reason About as Well as a College Student, Psychologists Report
Thursday, July 27, 2023
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- Unraveling the Humanity in Metacognitive Ability: Distinguishing Human Metalearning from AI
- Burns Take a Toll on Academic Outcomes
Friday, July 7, 2023
Wednesday, July 5, 2023
- Helping Adolescents to Feel Competent and Purposeful -- Not Just Happy -- May Improve Grades
- New Understanding of How the Brain Processes and Stores Words We Hear