Cognitive Load Theory (CLT) explains how learning is influenced by the limited capacity of working memory. By understanding and managing different types of cognitive load, faculty can design more ...

Educational Psychology Review, Vol. 22, No. 2, Cognitive Load Theory: New Conceptualizations, Specifications, and Integrated Research Perspectives (2010), pp. 139-154 (16 pages) Traditional research ...

Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget (1896-1980) is best known for his theories of cognitive development in children. Two of the cognitive processes he explored extensively were assimilation and ...

Everyone has a vested interest in education. With teachers, parents, administrators, taxpayers, politicians, employers, academics and students themselves all concerned about learning success, it is no ...

Marketers yearn to be able to read their consumers’ minds. If we could only understand what our consumers are thinking and feeling as they think and feel it, we could create more effective ...

Perhaps you remember the story of William Miller, the Baptist preacher who predicted that Jesus Christ’s second coming would occur on Oct. 22, 1844. When the advent failed to occur as Miller foretold, ...

If you're like many digitally savvy Americans, it has likely been a while since you've spent much time writing by hand. The laborious process of tracing out our thoughts, letter by letter, on the page ...

When it comes to learning a language, the left side of the brain has traditionally been considered the hub of language processing. But new research shows the right brain plays a critical early role in ...

Yeah, I know what you’re thinking. What on earth is a cognitive miser? I’ll jump straight to it. It's a term coined by Susan Fiske and Shelley Taylor, which Live Science described as: the brain’s ...

Nearly half of corporations intend to use cognitive automation (“cognitive”) technologies at scale over the next three years, according to a study from KPMG. Developments in artificial intelligence ...