Ideas and research from the intersection of neuroscience, education, and psychology in service of human capacity development.
You can't choose most of what life throws at you, but you can shape the brain you face it with. What neuroplasticity and mindset research mean for adults building resilience and capacity.
Because life changes, our brains need to change to meet it.Read →
Every so often you read something that opens the door to new thinking.
You studied. You revised. You could recall the facts. But you didn’t ace the exam. New fMRI research identifies the precise neural mechanism behind why stressed learners so often underperform relative to the effort they have put in.
What if you could actively change your own brain to make the rest of your life better — would you do it?
Understanding attentional capacity: what depletes it, what restores it, and why attention relies on neural infrastructure, not willpower.