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 ...

So-called “offline states”—when a person isn’t thinking about much and their attention is free to wander —give the brain an opportunity to revisit and process its recent experiences, says Erin Wamsley ...

Far too many students enter math class expecting to fail. For them, math isn’t just a subject–it’s a source of anxiety that chips away at their confidence and makes them question their abilities. A ...

Somewhere in your skull right now, there is no math department. No region of the brain exists solely to process equations, balance a checkbook, or wrestle with calculus. That is the central conclusion ...