After a head injury at the age of 5, Jim Kwik went through school with a learning disability. He didn’t understand what the teachers were teaching, couldn’t focus in class, and it took him an extra ...

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Forty years ago, Donald Homa, a professor of psychology at Arizona State University specializing in memory and the visual perception of linguistic stimuli, was contacted by officials at the American ...

But an in-depth look at the science behind how language is developed reveals an interesting parallel between the science of reading and second language learning. In fact, the science of reading can ...

Reading is one of the most fundamental skills, and reading for pleasure can transform your health, memory, and productivity. In our age of information overload, however, it can feel like there isn’t ...

Learning is not just about putting in more hours, it is about learning smarter. Science today tells us that the brain is highly adaptable, and small changes in habits can drastically improve how fast ...

The most profitable 60 minutes of professional development I have ever spent was in 2005. I’d just started graduate school, and the school offered a speed-reading course. Since I’d missed the course ...