Which creatures truly count as cognitive? And which as conscious? From simple organisms to humans, scientists debate the ...

In the last two decades, cognitive science has made remarkable progress in unraveling the mysteries of how we learn, uncovering numerous approaches to optimize and enrich the learning experience.

Many teaching practices implicitly assume that conceptual knowledge can be abstracted from the situations in which it is learned and used. This article argues that this assumption inevitably limits ...

Learning several new things at once increases cognitive abilities in older adults, according to new research. After just 1.5 months learning multiple tasks in a new study, participants increased their ...

In the Cognition and Student Learning (CASL) lab, our mission is to explore and enhance self-regulated learning for learners of all backgrounds. We focus on three key areas: (1) identifying the ...

Movement Matters edited by Sheila L. Macrine and Jennifer M.B. Fugate (on sale April 19, 2022 from the MIT Press) examines why today's complex problems demand a radically new way of thinking—one in ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Recent views of learning and cognition are contrasted with the cognitive learning theories of the late 1950s and early 1960s. In particular, ...

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