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Julian Rudisch; Luis K. H. Holzhauer; Karmen Kravanja; Fred H. Hamker; Claudia Voelcker-Rehage – npj Science of Learning, 2024
Observational practice is discussed as a substitute for physical practice for motor learning and adaptation. We systematically reviewed the literature on observational practice in reaching and aiming tasks. Our objectives were to identify (i) performance differences between observational and physical practice; (ii) factors that contribute to…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Observation, Science Process Skills, Perceptual Motor Learning
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Cong Xie; Shuangfei Zhang; Xinuo Qiao; Ning Hao – npj Science of Learning, 2024
This study investigated whether transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) targeting the inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) can alter the thinking process and neural basis of creativity. Participants' performance on the compound remote associates (CRA) task was analyzed considering the semantic features of each trial after receiving different tDCS…
Descriptors: Stimulation, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Semantics, Comparative Analysis
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Damien S. Fleur; Bert Bredeweg; Wouter van den Bos – npj Science of Learning, 2021
Metacognition comprises both the ability to be aware of one's cognitive processes (metacognitive knowledge) and to regulate them (metacognitive control). Research in educational sciences has amassed a large body of evidence on the importance of metacognition in learning and academic achievement. More recently, metacognition has been studied from…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Cognitive Processes, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Neurosciences
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Wickliffe C. Abraham; Owen D. Jones; David L. Glanzman – npj Science of Learning, 2019
It has been 70 years since Donald Hebb published his formalized theory of synaptic adaptation during learning. Hebb's seminal work foreshadowed some of the great neuroscientific discoveries of the following decades, including the discovery of long-term potentiation and other lasting forms of synaptic plasticity, and more recently the residence of…
Descriptors: Brain, Cognitive Processes, Memory, Neurosciences
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B. D. M. Hatin – npj Science of Learning, 2020
Learning about neural communication can be a dry and challenging undertaking, particularly for students without a background in biology. To enhance learning of this and other STEM material, there has been a call for science educators to embrace the use of active learning techniques. The aim of this Brief Communication is to encourage the use of…
Descriptors: College Students, College Faculty, STEM Education, Active Learning
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Robert A. Mason; Reinhard A. Schumacher; Marcel Adam Just – npj Science of Learning, 2021
Cognitive neuroscience methods can identify the fMRI-measured neural representation of familiar individual concepts, such as apple, and decompose them into meaningful neural and semantic components. This approach was applied here to determine the neural representations and underlying dimensions of representation of far more abstract physics…
Descriptors: Neurosciences, Physics, Scientific Concepts, Brain
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Jennie K. Grammer; Keye Xu; Agatha Lenartowicz – npj Science of Learning, 2021
Activities that are effective in supporting attention have the potential to increase opportunities for student learning. However, little is known about the impact of instructional contexts on student attention, in part due to limitations in our ability to measure attention in the classroom, typically based on behavioral observation and…
Descriptors: Correlation, Classroom Environment, Attention Control, Diagnostic Tests
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Paul Marshall; Timothy W. Bredy – npj Science of Learning, 2016
A complete understanding of the fundamental mechanisms of learning and memory continues to elude neuroscientists. Although many important discoveries have been made, the question of how memories are encoded and maintained at the molecular level remains. So far, this issue has been framed within the context of one of the most dominant concepts in…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Memory, Neurosciences, Brain Hemisphere Functions
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Robert Colvin – npj Science of Learning, 2016
Practical collaboration at the intersection of education and neuroscience research is difficult because the combined discipline encompasses both the activity of microscopic neurons and the complex social interactions of teachers and students in a classroom. Taking a pragmatic view, this paper discusses three education objectives to which…
Descriptors: Neurosciences, Brain, Cognitive Processes, Research