Researchers have known that children often don't focus on tasks and tend to "overexplore" instead of paying attention to what they should be doing. However, why they do that has remained unknown.

Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, ...

When educators panic about artificial intelligence in the classroom, they often fall back on a familiar definition of learning: a change in long-term memory. It sounds scientific. It gives the ...

From putting your phone away to getting better at ‘chunking’, a neuroscience researcher explains how to make your memory ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Many parents have been there—red-faced as your child makes you want to scream at the top of your lungs. New research ...