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Welcome back! We hope everyone had a lovely holiday season and is so far enjoying a happy new year in 2019. The Learning Scientists team was lucky enough to spend the early part of January in England running a series of workshops for teachers and other educators. We had an amazing time talking with everyone about the science of learning and practice in the classroom. We owe a huge thank you to …
We hope you're enjoying this holiday season, whether you're celebrating a holiday, the end of the year, or just time away from the typical grind. We're taking a break to spend some time with family and friends. In early January, 2019, the Learning Scientists will be …
The strategies that we advocate for all have been shown to improve memory, to increase the likelihood or frequency that we will remember something in the future. But today I’m not going to talk about remembering something. Today I want to talk about forgetting.
We're right in the middle of a season where a lot of us are giving thanks and reflecting on the year we have had. For some of us it is because of American or Canadian Thanksgiving, Japanese Labour Thanksgiving, or Turkish National Day of Thanks,…
Psychologists often breakdown memory into different types. Long-term memory can be divided into two different types: explicit memories and implicit memories.
Imagine if I asked you this question: “Are there large parts of your childhood after age 5 that you cannot remember?”. How would you answer: Yes, or no? Are you sure? And what might influence your answer?