Modern classrooms are filled with the language of cognitive science. We talk about student engagement, working memory, attention, mindset, and cognitive load as if we can observe these things directly ...

Many education researchers spend a lot of time studying how students learn, but if their findings don’t make their way into the classroom, they are only so useful. For example, researchers have known ...

In a recent study of more than 1,600 children, we found that the ability to sustain mental effort over time—or “cognitive ...

Spread the loveThe rise of AI technologies like ChatGPT has sparked a heated debate in higher education. Are these tools enhancing students’ cognitive skills, or are they inadvertently undermining ...

A new cognitive science major within Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences was approved earlier this year. Now, the major, coordinated by director Prof. Shaun Nichols, cognitive science, and program ...

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has announced a near-ban on generative AI in elementary and middle schools to ...