Learning Scientists Posts

One big issue related to sample size requires us to talk about what the word significance means in a scientific context. In “the real world,” significant means noteworthy, or worthy of attention. However, this is not what scientists typically mean when they say significant. Often, we are talking about statistical significance, and this is a…

Another explanation for how and why we forget has been in terms of disuse or decay (2, 3). Sometimes we forget things simply because we haven’t remembered it in awhile. For example, you can probably remember what you had for lunch yesterday. How about last week? Last month? Unless there was a reason for you…

We're right in the middle of a season where a lot of us are giving thanks and reflecting on the year we have had. For some of us it is because of American or Canadian Thanksgiving, Japanese Labour Thanksgiving, or Turkish National Day of Thanks, or upcoming holidays such as Hanukkah, Christmas, or Kwanzaa. For…

By Cindy Nebel Psychologists often breakdown memory into different types. Long-term memory can be divided into two different types: explicit memories and implicit memories. Explicit memories are memories for events and facts. They are memories that we can easily think and talk about. Implicit memories are a bit different. Implicit memories include procedural (muscle) memories…

Since we were all in the same place – a rare occurrence – we were able to talk about the Learning Scientists Project going forward. To that end, we have a few announcements. Firstly, Yana Weinstein is no longer with the Learning Scientists team. Yana is taking on some exciting new business opportunities of her…

Left: Althea on her wedding day with her husband, September 2018 Top center: Cindy with her family Bottom center: Carolina and her family Right: Megan and her husband Not pictured: Yana We hope you're enjoying this holiday season, whether you're celebrating a holiday, the end of the year, or just time away from the typical…