We often don’t understand things as well as we think we do. How often have you “learned” something you can’t fully recall later, or that you can’t explain to someone else? While we’ve previously ...

I've always been insatiably curious. I love new and novel things, and I really like to learn new stuff. And so, for nearly 60 years, I've prioritized learning. No matter how busy I am or what's going ...

Learning new things often requires some amount of discomfort. It can be frustrating to be really bad at something when you are first acquiring a skill. You may feel lost when encountering topics you ...

Dementia is frequently associated with negative assumptions concerning loss of memory and independence, rarely with personal agency and learning new things. A new study has found that contrary to ...

Want to raise children who are happy, fulfilled and self-motivated to succeed? Trust them more "and worry about them less," suggests neuropsychologist William Stixrud, co-author of "The Seven ...

People with dementia still have the ability to learn new things despite their illness. This is the conclusion of a doctoral thesis recently presented at Linköping University, Sweden. Its findings ...

Everyone has heard the adage “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” But old dogs can learn new tricks if they want to want to. Williamsburg offers lots of opportunities for “old dogs” (and ...