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·April 30, 2025·7 min read

The Smart Way to Teach Math? Mix Speed with Strategy

A new review shows that children learn arithmetic most effectively through a structured approach that integrates conceptual understanding with brief timed practice and reflection. Rather than choosing between rote memorization or rich discussion, the most successful instruction cycles through both, reinforcing number sense and mental strategies.

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·March 18, 2025·5 min read

Verbal Fluency Might Predict Human Longevity

A recent study reveals a surprising link between longevity and verbal fluency—the ability to effectively recall and utilize vocabulary. Researchers analyzed cognitive data from the Berlin Aging Study, involving over 500 elderly participants tracked for nearly two decades, assessing verbal fluency alongside memory, perceptual speed, and verbal knowledge.

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·March 5, 2025·5 min read

Psychological “Noise” May Reveal More About Human Thought Than Expected

A new study challenges the idea that variability in human behavior, often seen as "noise," is simply an error to be minimized. Researchers argue that noise provides valuable insights into cognitive processes, from decision-making to moral reasoning.

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·December 27, 2024·5 min read

The Personality Gap Between Singles and the Partnered

Lifelong singles score lower on life satisfaction and show distinct personality traits compared to those in long-term relationships. Using data from 77,000 Europeans aged 50+, researchers observed that lifelong singles are less extroverted, conscientious, and open to new experiences. While single women report higher satisfaction than single men, societal expectations about marriage further impact satisfaction levels in cultures with high marriage rates.

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·January 29, 2024·5 min read

People Likely to Conceal Contagious Sickness for Social Commitments

A significant number of people, including healthcare workers, conceal infectious illnesses to maintain their work and social commitments. The study, involving over 4,100 participants, found that 75% had hidden or might hide their illness in the future, often due to social plans or institutional pressures.

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·July 12, 2023·7 min read

Conceptual Linking: How Pain Avoidance Can Spread to Safe Activities

Avoiding activities associated with past pain can cause individuals to shun related tasks that might be painless. This avoidance may generalize to safe activities, leading to needless abstention from valued activities.

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·April 5, 2023·3 min read

Lonely People’s Divergent Thought Processes May Contribute to Feeling Alone in a Crowded Room

Lonely people's neural responses differ from their less lonely peers, suggesting lonely people may see the world differently from those around them, even if they have a large social network, and this may contribute to feeling lonely.

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·January 26, 2023·5 min read

Events Serve as “Stepping Stones” en Route to Retrieved Memories

People use event boundaries as "stepping stones" to scan their memories when attempting to recall specific facts or pieces of information.

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·December 7, 2022·5 min read

Hearing Is Believing: Sounds Can Alter Our Visual Perception

Certain auditory cues not only help us recognize an object more quickly, but they also even alter our visual perception.

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·November 9, 2022·4 min read

Was I Happy Then? Our Current Feelings Can Interfere With Memories of Past Well-Being

One reason why happiness can seem so elusive is that our current emotions and feelings can interfere with memories of our past well-being.

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·September 8, 2022·3 min read

I Never Forget a Face: The Science of Super-Recognizers’ Amazing Feats of Recognition

Super recognizers focus less on the eye region and distribute their gaze more evenly than typical viewers, extracting more information from other facial features.

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·August 17, 2022·3 min read

Consuming Green Vegetables and Certain Supplements Suppresses Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Consuming green vegetables and adding a daily chlorophyllin supplement helps alleviate symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease, researchers report. Additionally, chlorophyllin supplements help significantly reduce mortality risks associated with IBD.