AI is spreading in classrooms, but its impact on learning depends less on the technology than on how students use it.

My colleagues and I conducted research that found the fast learner is largely a myth. Here’s something I wrote about the topic for Character Lab as a Tip of the Week: Growing up, I felt that I learned ...

Have you ever marveled at how some people seem to pick up new skills or knowledge at lightning speed while others struggle for weeks or months? It’s easy to assume they’re just naturally gifted, but ...

Keeping up in a fast-changing workplace is about learning new things. And you need to know how to learn anything faster. Jobs of tomorrow aren't going to be the same as yesterday's jobs. In fact, 60% ...

What if you could learn in hours what might take others days, or even weeks? Imagine mastering a new skill, understanding a complex concept, or preparing for a major project, all with the help of ...

While it can be frustrating to fail, considerable research shows that frequently testing yourself as you learn, especially if you get something wrong, is an highly effective way to speed up the ...

How does learning work? Encode, store, retrieve: Take it in, find a place for it, pull it out when you need it. If you can’t retrieve information, you haven’t really learned it. So since we all learn ...

Artificial intelligence can now write essays, diagnose diseases, generate software code, and produce realistic videos in seconds. A smartphone gives the average person access to more information than ...

When people discuss intelligence, whether human or artificial, the conversation usually turns to raw power: memory, computing speed and data scale. But there's another and often more important measure ...