Think about your most vivid memory. Maybe it’s a childhood birthday, your first day at a new job, or an emotional moment. Why did that particular event stay with you while countless others vanished? According to a new review by... View Article
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Centuries ago, legends claimed that a child might be forced to witness a major event and then be tossed into a river so they would never forget it. The hypothetical method was brutal, but the reasoning behind it carries a... View Article
The term “real world” is often thrown around in classrooms. Many teachers will say the course they are teaching will apply in the real world, or that once students graduate they will be let loose in the real world. Yet,... View Article
In a recent McGovern Institute study described in an article by Anne Trafton, researchers have identified the brain circuit that is responsible for maintaining the motivation to learn new things or engage in daily activities. The circuit was specifically involved... View Article
An MIT Technology Review article by David Talbot concerned facial expression recognition software, including Affectiva’s Affdex software (http://www.affectiva.com/). The article briefly concerns the application of such technology for education. Two of these studies were from UCSD researchers who founded another facial expression... View Article