Twenty years ago, cognitive psychologist Elizabeth Spelke took a strong position in an ongoing public debate. "There are no ...

From our DNA strands to fishing rods to art, knots are all around us. Ana Wright, a Davidson College assistant mathematics ...

A painless, noninvasive brain stimulation technique can significantly improve how young adults learn math, my colleagues and ...

Dar es Salaam. In a country where many students fear mathematics and view it as one of the toughest school subjects, the Aga Khan University’s Institute for Educational Development, East Africa (IED, ...

A new study published Tuesday in PLOS Biology suggests that mild electrical stimulation can boost arithmetic performance—and ...

A study suggests that carefully controlled electrical stimulation of the brain may improve math skills, most significantly in people with weaker connections in a specific part of the brain.

For practical reasons, surveys that aim for a large number of respondents tend to restrict themselves to closed-ended responses. Despite potentially bringing richer insights, the use of open-ended ...