AMES, IA – Whether you’re trying to ace a test or pick up a new hobby, Iowa State Psychology Professor Shana Carpenter says combining two strategies – spacing and retrieval practice – is key to ...

Every semester, the same ritual repeats itself across campuses worldwide: students armed with highlighters, energy drinks, ...

For more than a decade, neuroscientists have known that stress impairs memory performance—an effect likely due to the influence of stress-related hormones. A recent article in Science shows that a ...

Today, we’ve asked Robert A. Bjork to share his tip of the week. This is the last in a four-part series on learning. You can read the first one here, the second here, and the third here. Years ago, ...

After reviewing more than 100 years of research on learning, authors of a new paper say combining two strategies -- spacing and retrieval practice -- is key to success. Whether you're trying to ace a ...