Education

Using humor in an educational setting (e.g., demonstrating a concept using a humorous example) can help create a positive learning environment, improving attention and memory recall.

Communication Education

Education

Modafinil, typically prescribed for sleep disorders, and unofficially used by some to improve memory, and attention, did not appear to have this effect on healthy volunteers, who in fact responded slower, without improving accuracy, to a language-dependent task.

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Winners of a non-chance-based competition were more likely to act dishonestly on a subsequent task, possibly due to an increased sense of entitlement from winning.

Frequent interruptions in sedentary activities were associated with decreased waist circumference, cholesterol levels, and blood pressure in children.

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Within the same grade, younger students are more likely to be diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) than older students.

Teachers who use humor in their classrooms tend to get better student evaluations by their students, regardless of learning outcomes.

Communication Education

Third grade students with high levels of math anxiety reported having reduced anxiety after participating in a one-on-one math tutoring program for 8 weeks.

Education

People with high math-anxiety activate pain networks in their brains when anticipating doing math, but not while actually performing math.

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Male college students showed increased self-esteem after participation in an 8-week aerobic exercise program.

International Journal of Travel Medicine and Global Health

Awarding an educational merit badge (a digital representation of student knowledge or skill mastery) may be a useful tool to motivate and measure learning in young students.