Educators are responding to increasingly shorter student attention spans—linked by experts to screen time and pandemic-era learning—by adopting strategies like brain breaks, microlessons, hands-on ...

Information has never been so abundant, or so accessible. By some estimates, Americans now consume more than 12 hours of media each day, and digital content—everything from TikTok videos to ...

Why puzzles matter: Used strategically, puzzles can deepen content mastery, boost engagement, and strengthen critical thinking across subjects. The science of rest: Neuroscience shows that short, ...

If you have a child in school right now, you may have heard them talk about needing a “brain break” while doing homework or studying for a test. Maybe they shake their bodies out, do some deep ...

A new study using Medicare claims to identify Alzheimer’s and dementia diagnoses shows that playing a free online speed-training video game (and booster sessions) may offer protective benefits.

A certain type of brain training appears to prevent or delay dementia by some 25% in people older than age 65, according to new research. Surprisingly, it wasn’t memory or problem-solving tasks that ...

You know the feeling: you have 7 minutes between calls, your brain is fried, and doomscrolling somehow makes you come back even more tired. The move is a quick “brain reset” that feels fun but does ...