Transfer of math, physics, and communication skills into the entry-level photonics workforce, NSF Award 1432578, Sept 2014 – Aug 2019 Exploring factors that shape education & workplace training on ...

For many years, the idea that “sleeping on it” would provide an individual with some time in which their subconscious mind would work through a problem or problems has generally been accepted as ...

At first glance, it may be tempting to assume that, when it comes to education, presenting students with more material in a ...

New research from Northwestern University suggests that dreams may play a more active role in creative problem-solving than previously demonstrated.

Complex problem solving (CPS) represents an essential dimension of contemporary education, capturing the multifaceted cognitive and metacognitive processes that underpin effective learning in ...

Insight problem solving refers to the abrupt and transformative reorganisation of cognitive representations, typically resulting in an Aha! moment – a sudden experiential clarity that enables the ...

Writers are often reminded to “omit needless words.” Designers are told “less is more.” Savvy leaders are increasingly learning to “remove barriers.” And everyone has, at one time or another, been ...

Female zebra finches at the University of Wyoming’s Animal Behavior and Cognition Lab were subjects of a new study on bird personality. (Lisa Barrett Photo) Personality is not unique to humans. New ...

An expert on sleep and problem-solving responds to Hal Y. Zhang’s “Dream Soft, Dream Big.” In 1921, Nobel Prize winner Otto Loewi had a problem. For 17 years he had suspected that nerve cells ...

Porter’s Chapel Academy teacher Frances Warren uses her civil engineering background to turn math and science instruction ...

FAYETTEVILLE -- Joining the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health Investor Catalyst Hub will allow the University of Arkansas' Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research to collaborate ...

Zebra finches innovate solutions to novel foraging tasks, where sometimes success is related to personality type. Personality is not unique to humans. New research published in the Royal Society Open ...