Just as “turnt,” “on fleek,” and “adulting” have become trending words in pop culture, so too has “spaced repetition” become a buzzword in education. Some educators are obsessed with it. Others say it ...

A UCSF study led by Kerala scientist Vijay Namboothiri challenges Pavlov’s theory that repetition drives learning.

More than a century ago, Pavlov trained his dog to associate the sound of a bell with food. Ever since, scientists have assumed the dog learned this through repetition. The more times the dog heard ...

New research challenges the assumption that brains learn best through repetition, finding that associative learning relies more on how much time passes between rewards.

Even when people learn new knowledge, they easily forget it over time. It's not uncommon to quickly forget what you crammed for an exam, or to be unable to recall a passage you've read countless times ...

Repetition is an amazing thing—in real life and in college classrooms. I spent all day yesterday listening—over and over again—to the soundtrack of Hamilton, which I was fortunate enough to see over ...

Source: Gerd Altmann / Pixabay I’ve been mentoring people in public speaking for more than 30 years. The one piece of advice I have given all of them is this: “Rehearse! Rehearse! Rehearse!” I give ...