Researchers have known that children often don't focus on tasks and tend to "overexplore" instead of paying attention to what they should be doing. However, why they do that has remained unknown.

Cognitive overload can create a bottleneck during math lessons, but there are simple strategies to clear up students’ brain space for complex problem-solving.

Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, ...

Your working memory plays a crucial role in how you process information and carry out daily tasks. If you often find yourself struggling to remember tasks or keeping track of conversations, it might ...

When educators panic about artificial intelligence in the classroom, they often fall back on a familiar definition of learning: a change in long-term memory. It sounds scientific. It gives the ...