The right tutoring can reverse learning loss from the pandemic

New research finds that in-school tutoring can help kids recover from learning loss they face due to the pandemic.

U. Chicago • futurity
April 8, 2024 ~7 min

How to set your child up for reading success

An expert has some tips for parents about what you can do early on to help your child go from learning to read to reading to learn.

Jill Pease-Florida • futurity
March 8, 2024 ~6 min


Can passive exposure speed up learning?

Though learning a new skill takes time, passive exposure can help speed up the process, research in mice suggests.

Laurel Hamers - U. Oregon • futurity
Feb. 9, 2024 ~6 min

AI learns language through a baby’s eyes

Researchers used video footage captured from a camera on top of a baby's head to test AI's language learning ability.

James Devitt-NYU • futurity
Feb. 8, 2024 ~7 min

Exercise boosts motor learning and memory

There are benefits to gain from physical exercise when learning new motor skills, according to new research.

U. Copenhagen • futurity
Jan. 22, 2024 ~8 min

Brittle stars can learn new stuff, no brain required

Brittle stars don't have a brain but can still learn stuff through experience, a new study shows.

Robin Smith-Duke • futurity
Nov. 30, 2023 ~6 min

Movement helps kids learn letter sounds

Children who use their bodies to shape letter sounds improve their spelling skills more than those who receive traditional classroom instruction, a study finds.

U. Copenhagen • futurity
Nov. 13, 2023 ~6 min

Grouping English learners in class doesn’t affect reading development

Grouping elementary school English learners into separate classrooms has no effect, good or bad, on reading development, a new study shows.

Jade McClain-NYU • futurity
Oct. 20, 2023 ~5 min


Despite simple brains, jellyfish are smarter than we thought

Jellyfish can learn at a much more complex level than ever imagined, despite only having one thousand nerve cells and no centralized brain.

Maria Hornbek-Copenhagen • futurity
Sept. 25, 2023 ~8 min

Some vocal learners are really good problem solvers, too

Vocal learning, problem solving, and brain size among some birds may have evolved in tandem, perhaps as a way to increase biological fitness.

Katherine Fenz-Rockefeller • futurity
Sept. 15, 2023 ~6 min

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