“We found that children in the first, second and third grades who sing these songs demonstrate skills absent in children who don’t take part in similar activities,” explains Idit Sulkin, a member of ...

A researcher in Israel conducted the first study of hand-clapping songs, revealing a direct link between those activities and the development of important skills in children and young adults, ...

Several months ago, I went to Disney World with my extended family for a week. If you’ve ever been to Disney, you know that approximately 75 percent of the experience revolves around waiting. A few ...

This is the first installation in a new feature we’re going to try out on the blog, called Ask a Scientist. Inspired by the popularity of our recent post on what scientists know about babies’ brains, ...

My brother teaches middle school social studies, a job that requires him to give lots and lots of feedback. Some of it is called grading. A big part of his job is to teach kids to do a careful ...

The brain wants peace and predictability, but dopamine drives us to seek out and solve new problems. We’re built to be ...