Smartphones have a lot of advantages and they can make our lives easier…. However, as with most things, it can lead to problems in excess. Excessive smartphone use is linked to depression, anxiety, and poor sleep quality (1)…
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GUEST POST: To Nap or Not to Nap, IS That a Question?
I can remember my undergraduate days when one of my first thoughts after turning my alarm off in the morning was, “when can I take a nap today?” I wasn’t necessarily staying up too late or pulling all night cram sessions – although that did happen. However, I can look back now and see …
Weekly Digest #134: How to Sleep Well
What better topic to compile resources on when one is doing so very late at night? Ah, sleep, of course! We’ve written in the past about the importance of sleep for memory and cognition, the combined power of sleep and learning strategies,
GUEST POST: Four Steps To Success - Advice from a Student
As a senior about to graduate and enroll in a Masters program, I can confirm one thing with certainty: college is hard. You have a lot on your place, and you also might have social and work responsibilities. Over the last four years of my undergraduate ...
When do the 6 Strategies for Effective Learning Work Best?
We have written a lot about the 6 strategies for effective learning (spaced practice, interleaving, elaborative interrogation, concrete examples, dual coding, and retrieval practice). For example, in this piece Cindy discussed the powerful combination of spacing, retrieval practice, and sleep....
All Learning is Brain Learning
One of the frequent gimmicks supplied to educators is that a product enhances “brain learning” or something of that sort. Well, folks, we’re here to tell you that all learning takes place in the brain. (And so these are marketing ploys.) In today’s blog, I ...