Scientists at Brown University have found that children receive a boost of a neurotransmitter in their brains when learning that helps them stabilise new information more quickly than adults.

“In subsequent behavioral experiments, we found that children indeed stabilized new learning much more rapidly than adults, which agrees with the common belief that children outperform adults in ...

More information: Nicole M. McNeil et al, What the Science of Learning Teaches Us About Arithmetic Fluency, Psychological Science in the Public Interest (2025). DOI: 10.1177/15291006241287726 ...

All 30 schools were using the same reading curriculum, Expeditionary Learning, which follows science of reading principles and teaches phonics. Covid hit in the middle of the experiment. When schools ...

'Play Science' is Making Learning Fun for Kids. Published Jul 19, 2023 at 5:00 AM EDT Updated Aug 04, 2023 at 7:08 PM EDT. ... Mahmood argues, children engage more active learning, ...