Even walking through a door will make you forget—unless the door opens onto a toilet, I suppose, though approaching a toilet in outer space will still require you to keep your wits about you. Unless you completed your psychology courses recently, the essential facts of forgetting were probably neglected. The main point about forgetting is …
Once again a new disease is threatening us, this time a new coronavirus. We’re familiar with this kind of threat from centuries of suffering . Still, the unfamiliarity of novelty seems to be part of what strikes fear into us. After all, the bubonic plague that once ravaged Europe is still around, but it’s no …
Are you pro-play or anti-play? After recent concern about study crowding out exercise, schools are making recess periods longer and more frequent to enhance emotional and cognitive development, and similar benefits are available for adults as well. Play differs from person to person and from one culture to another, but there seems to be wide …
Confusion among students confronts every teacher when old concepts must be replaced with new ways of thinking.
