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November 1, 2024

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Teens Who Made History With Pythagoras' Theorem Discovery Publish Their First Academic Paper With New Proofs

Oct. 28, 2024 — In their peer-reviewed work, Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson present five new ways of proving Pythagoras' Theorem via trigonometry. They also detail a new method for finding proofs that yield at ...

Studying Wikipedia Browsing Habits to Learn How People Learn

Oct. 25, 2024 — A collaborative team of researchers led by Dale Zhou, who did his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine, and Dani Bassett in Penn's School of Engineering and Applied Science looked at how nearly half a million people ...

Scanning, Scrolling, and Swiping: New Research Uncovers Why Our Brains Are Effective at Quickly Processing Short Messages

Oct. 23, 2024 — A team of linguistics and psychology researchers has discovered that when a brief sentence is flashed, our brains detect its basic linguistic structure extremely quickly -- in roughly 150 ...

Adapting GenAI for the Next Generation of Learning

Oct. 23, 2024 — A new study by learning analytics researchers presents key considerations for generative AI (GenAI) educational tools so they are carefully developed to support, rather than replace, human ...

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Comprehensive Efforts Needed to Develop Health-Promoting Learning Environments

Oct. 15, 2024 — Mental ill-health among students in higher education is a growing problem globally. Most efforts implemented to address ill-health involve individual ...

How Do You Remember How to Ride a Bike? Thank Your Cerebellum

Oct. 15, 2024 — Researchers have shown that, just like declarative memories, short-term and long-term memories for motor skills form in different regions of the brain, with the cerebellum being critical for the ...

To Make Children Better Fact-Checkers, Expose Them to More Misinformation -- With Oversight

Oct. 10, 2024 — Researcherers say a pair of experiments with children ages 4 to 7 shows that, given children's natural skepticism and early exposure to the ...

People With Dyslexia and Dyscalculia Show Less Bias, Study Shows

Oct. 9, 2024 — Dyslexia and dyscalculia are most commonly acknowledged as posing challenges linked to people's literacy and numeracy. However, a new study has shown those with the conditions may have previously ...

Toddlers Show Increased Physical Activity With a Robot Playmate Moving Around the Room

Oct. 9, 2024 — Parents seeking help in encouraging toddlers to be physically active may soon need to look no further than an inexpensive robotic buddy for their ...

Why People Think They're Right, Even When They Are Wrong

Oct. 9, 2024 — If you smugly believe you're right in a disagreement with a friend or colleague, a new study suggests why you may actually be wrong. Researchers found that people naturally assume they have all the ...

Extended Timing: How Neurons Encode Information on Timescales That Match Learning

Oct. 9, 2024 — New research has identified a key step in how neurons encode information on timescales that match ...

Childhood Social Interactions Can Combat Stereotypes

Sep. 30, 2024 — Prior research has found that exposure to social diversity in early life, such as through day care, influences how people communicate. Those early social experiences can also moderate tendencies ...

New Study Explores How Universities Can Improve Student Well-Being

Oct. 2, 2024 — Despite growing evidence of the importance of student well-being and an abundance of best practices, most institutions have yet to prioritize it as much as they do enrollment, graduation and grades. ...

AI Simulation Gives People a Glimpse of Their Potential Future Self

Oct. 2, 2024 — 'Future You' is a generative AI tool that enables users to have a simulated conversation with a potential version of their future selves. The chatbot is meant to reduce users' anxiety, improve ...

Age Assurance Online Needs to Be Child-Rights Respecting, New Study Says

Oct. 28, 2024 — A range of different age checks are needed to protect children -- but also to ensure they can take advantages of positive opportunities online -- a new study ...

Early Active Learning Boosts Skills for Children Born Into Extreme Poverty, but Gains Fade for Black Boys, Study Shows

Oct. 23, 2024 — Research findings provide further evidence that early childhood education can improve educational outcomes for low-income Black children, but that subsequent experiences may erode those impacts ...

The Transformative Power of Movies

Oct. 21, 2024 — Docudrama can lead people to be more empathetic toward people who are stigmatized in society, a new study ...

Students Who Feel More University Connection May Be More Likely to Binge Drink, Study Finds

Oct. 10, 2024 — Mentally healthy college students who felt connected to their university were more likely to binge drink than those who did not feel connected to their university, according to a new ...

How Are Pronouns Processed in the Memory-Region of Our Brain?

Sep. 27, 2024 — A new study shows how individual brain cells in the hippocampus respond to pronouns. 'This may help us unravel how we remember what we ...

New Insights Into Intellectual Disability Genetics Emerge

Sep. 23, 2024 — Researchers have published a pivotal study that sheds light on a novel genetic variant associated with intellectual capacities and educational outcomes. This discovery offers new insights into ...

Networks of Beliefs Theory Integrates Internal and External Dynamics

Sep. 19, 2024 — The beliefs we hold develop from a complex dance between our internal and external lives. A recent study uses well-known formalisms in statistical physics to model multiple aspects of belief-network ...

Play It Forward: Lasting Effects of Pretend Play in Early Childhood

Sep. 19, 2024 — As the school year revs up, a renowned child developmental psychologist highlights the robust benefits of pretend play on cognitive, social, and emotional development in children and cautions how ...

Researchers Test ChatGPT, Other AI Models Against Real-World Students

Sep. 16, 2024 — An experiment tested six generative large language models against students in an online introductory biomedical and health informatics course. The models scored higher than as many as three quarters ...

Smartphone-Based Microscope Rapidly Reconstructs 3D Holograms

Sep. 11, 2024 — Researchers developed a new smartphone-based digital holographic microscope that enables precision 3D measurements. The highly portable and inexpensive microscope could help bring 3D measurement ...

Brain-Wide Decision-Making Dynamics Discovered

Sep. 11, 2024 — Neuroscientists have revealed how sensory input is transformed into motor action across multiple brain regions in mice. The research shows that decision-making is a global process across the brain ...

Flexibility of Containers, and How Fast They Drain

Sep. 10, 2024 — A new article examines how the flexibility of containers affect how fast they ...

Variety Is the Spice of Learning, Memory Study Suggests

Sep. 10, 2024 — Researchers found that older adults learned a memory task best after practicing multiple related tasks, suggesting that diverse cognitive training supports mental sharpness as we ...

Belief in Academic Ability Key Factor in Academic Success for Low-Income Students

Sep. 9, 2024 — A strong belief in their own academic ability can help children from low-income families defy the odds and achieve academic success, according to new ...

A New Role for Intelligent Tutors Powered by AI in Brain Surgery?

Sep. 4, 2024 — Researchers are designing real-time, intelligent tutors powered by AI. These systems mimic human surgical instructors in brain surgical training. Intelligent tutors help the learner acquire excellent ...

Study Finds When Self-Determination Model Provided to Schools With Support, Teachers and All Students Benefit

Sep. 4, 2024 — Researchers published a study detailing their work implementing the Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction in 15 schools. They found the schools that received training and coaching for ...

Children's Behavioral Problems Are Linked to Higher Hair Cortisol Levels

Sep. 3, 2024 — In a study involving 11-year-olds, researchers have concluded that greater behavioral problems are linked to higher hair cortisol levels. The study also concluded that exposure to certain factors ...

Communication Helps Parent Relationships With New College Students but Has Limits

Sep. 3, 2024 — When young adults first go off to college, more communication with parents generally leads to better relationships, but parents should avoid always initiating it, according to a new study. ...

Children Contribute to Group Projects When There Are Clear and Common Goals

Aug. 29, 2024 — A new study examined children's responses during a game where targets could only be achieved by working together. The study's authors say the findings provide valuable insights into how ...

VR Headsets Could Be Life Changing for People With Intellectual Disability

Aug. 29, 2024 — Immersive virtual reality could open up a whole new world for people with intellectual disability, enabling them to learn practical life skills much faster without relying on caregivers, according to ...