Children gather more information than they need to complete a task, even when they know exactly what they need, a study finds. Researchers say it may be because of immature working memory.

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A widely cited neuroscience study last year found that taking notes by hand instead of typing them was "beneficial for learning". New analysis published in the same academic journal argues that claim isn't supported by the results

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New study finds creativity 🎨 supports learning 📚 through novel mental connections 💡.

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Video games may be a surprisingly good way to get a cognitive boost 🎮🧠. Studies show action video games in particular can improve our attention for visual information 👀 and even our ability to learn 📚.

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How learning handwriting trains the brain: the science behind the cursive wars

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🧠 A study involving 120 business students found that those using ChatGPT for research retained 57.5% of information weeks later, compared to 68.5% for students using traditional methods.

💡 The research, published in Social Sciences & Humanities Open, suggests AI tools can speed up initial learning but may weaken the deep processing needed for long-term knowledge storage.

⏳ Students using AI spent an average of 3.2 hours on an assignment, while those using traditional methods spent 5.8 hours. Even after accounting for time, AI users performed worse on a retention test.

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🧠 Digesting educational content via short, fragmented social media videos actually reduces your ability to remember the information. Research published in Communications Psychology found that the rapid pace and flashy stimuli impair the deep cognitive processing needed for long-term memory storage.

🧠 In three studies, researchers Meiting Wei and Guang-Heng Dong of Yunnan Normal University found that college students who watched short, chopped-up clips performed worse on memory quizzes compared to those who viewed a continuous video, even with identical factual content. This effect persisted even when students intentionally tried to focus.

🧠 Brain scans revealed that watching continuous videos led to deep synchronization across brain regions involved in attention and memory. In contrast, short videos caused synchronization only in basic processing areas, indicating that cognitive resources were used for reorienting to stimuli rather than absorbing information.

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🧠 A new study published in the journal Intelligence reveals that knowledge acquired through classroom learning and life experiences is driven by the same underlying mental ability, suggesting human knowledge is a unified trait.

🌍 Researchers led by Elisa Altgassen (Ulm University) and Johanna Hartung (University of Bonn) tested 348 adults aged 30-40. Participants completed tests on school-based knowledge and knowledge acquired outside formal education.

📊 Analysis showed a strong statistical match between scores for school knowledge and everyday life knowledge, indicating they don't function as separate mental engines but reflect a single, unified capacity to gather and recall information.

💡 While general intelligence is unified, the study also found that personal life experiences significantly impact factual retention in specific areas, suggesting targeted experiences lead to advantages on related intelligence test questions.

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🧠 New research co-authored by University of Tartu Associate Professor Jaan Aru suggests digital media may primarily alter how valuable we perceive cognitive effort, rather than directly harming cognitive abilities.

💡 The study proposes an "effort recalibration" framework, where constant low-effort rewards from digital platforms make cognitively demanding tasks feel less attractive over time.

📈 This recalibration might shift individuals towards immediate gratification, making sustained engagement for long-term learning and expertise more challenging.

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🧠 New study reveals motor skill learning triggers two distinct cellular changes in the human brain: a temporary swelling of cell bodies followed by long-lasting growth of cellular extensions in specific brain regions.

🔬 Researchers used advanced MRI combined with the SANDI model to differentiate these processes, overcoming limitations of traditional DTI scans that blend cellular signals.

💪 The temporary cell body swelling occurred across all engaged brain regions 30 minutes post-learning, returning to baseline by 24 hours. The persistent growth of cellular extensions was observed in areas crucial for motor skill retention, like the precuneus and posterior parietal cortex.

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