Feel like children are not learning over summer break, use psychology to think again!

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Students have immediate access to their work on a smartphone. According to Pew research, 85% of Americans own a smartphone, with that...

Any learner can imagine when a lack of time, planning, or the just “life got in the way” led to pulling an all-nighter. Visit a college...

I recently visited my undergraduate alma mater, the University of Mount Union, in Ohio to talk about issues related to learning and...

A common memory misconception is that we only use a small percentage of our brain; like about 10%. This is untrue and is based on...

Have you ever looked at vacation pictures and felt more connected to the picture itself than the actual memory of the vacation? We often...

How often do you fail to remember the name of the person who just said hi to you but YOU KNOW YOU KNOW who they are? This common problem...

There are lots of reasons to feel negatively affected by the world around you. Personal struggles, mental, physical, financial, just to...

My students in human memory class are writing a blog for a final course project. This assignment was given in advance of Covid-19 and...

Are you feeling stressed? Chances are this time of unknowns with social/work/family change has you, and your friends and neighbors, on...

This spring semester I am excited to be teaching a new course on effective learning. The course, Psychology 150: Science of Learning for...

Do you remember the last time you were BORED? If waiting for my zone to be called for a flight doesn’t count, then sadly, NO. Photo by...

Mom friends and acquaintances often ask what I know about how having children influences thinking and memory. Phrases like “mommy brain”...

“Why can’t I remember the name of someone I JUST MET?” “Is there something wrong with me.” Nope. There is nothing at all wrong with you....

My late, 92 year-old grandmother would often remind me that time sped up as she aged. I picture her now the way she spent most of the...

My airplane conversation typically goes from my seat mate being relaxed that as an experimental psychologist I cannot analyze them, to...

Have you ever heard someone say they were a bad napper? I have not and can remember my undergraduate days when one of my first thoughts...

I had two weeks to spend with my mother and father this summer. The purpose of the trip from Minnesota to Youngstown Ohio, my childhood...

You are in high school sitting in a desk. Flimsy metal feet of the chair, which are connected to the desk, squeak on the floor. Your run...