Whether you're into biographies or bodice-ripping romances, there's nothing like a good book. Since the first novel was published in Japan 1,000 years ago, we've been transported by the power of words ...

When was the last time you read a book—not for a class, not because your professor guilt-tripped you, but because you wanted to? If you just had a flashback to high school English and broke into a ...

Language learning is a fascinating and intricate process that has intrigued scholars and researchers for centuries. It is not only a means of communication but also a window into the complex workings ...

When you choose to get your information mostly from podcasts and short videos, you’re participating in this revival of oral culture, they argue. What’s that doing to our society? To your brain?

Learning is not just about spending long hours with books; it is about learning smarter and following how the brain naturally ...

Students who want to read about dinosaurs, delve into English literature classics, or just immerse themselves in a good story have plenty of options: Traditional paper books, e-readers, audio books, ...

Princeton researchers found that the brain excels at learning because it reuses modular “cognitive blocks” across many tasks. Monkeys switching between visual categorization challenges revealed that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Talia Milgrom-Elcott nurtures belonging & advances STEM. When Dr. Melina Uncapher looks at the brain, she sees an organ constantly ...

I do not need to take notes as it is all in the book. I can skip class or text and check social media during it since I can always get a recording to watch later. I do not have to read the syllabus ...