This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American To read the headline accompanying Ibbotson ...

A new brain imaging study reveals that in young children, the neural systems for language and for understanding others' ...

A new initiative is calling for studies that explore the psychological processes behind AI-mediated language learning, such as attention, motivation, and cognitive load. This comes as AI tools like ...

Language skills like reading, writing, listening, and speaking are essential for effective communication in English and are ...

Have you ever wanted to learn a second or third language, but didn’t have the free time to take a class? Perfect Fools created a website and Facebook app for Keewords, an online company that teaches ...

The effect of variability on learning is recognized in many fields: learning is harder when input is variable, but variability leads to better generalization of the knowledge we learned. In this ...

Language learning anxiety, or the stress that accompanies language learning in the classroom, is well-established in the literature (Sparks and Ganschow, 2007; Woodrow, 2006; Truitt, 1995), along with ...

Theoretical physicists use machine-learning algorithms to speed up difficult calculations and eliminate untenable theories—but could they transform what it means to make discoveries? Theoretical ...

In education, as in psychology, clarity matters. Yet in everyday conversations about teaching and learning, terms like learning theory and pedagogy are often used interchangeably. Phrases such as “We ...