The world is full of things to learn. Where to start? How to choose what to pay attention to? What motivates someone to seek new knowledge? The desire to learn is partly a preference for novelty: we ...

Learning is also perhaps the best antidote to boredom and depression. And the really good news is that we can improve our ability to learn. As the brain re-wires itself from experience, it can change ...

Mr. Willingham is a psychologist at the University of Virginia and the author, most recently, of “Outsmart Your Brain: Why Learning Is Hard and How You Can Make It Easy.” Picture your preschooler’s ...

A conversation with INSEAD’s Gianpiero Petriglieri on a key skill of modern leadership. In an age of rapidly changing technology, it’s more important than ever for organizations to effectively support ...

I was recently getting a much-needed haircut with a new stylist, and in our small talk, he asked me what I do for a living. I explained that I teach current and future teachers how people learn and do ...

Learning should be a lifelong pursuit, and to become more motivated to learn, you need to develop a learning mindset. Speaker and writer Gary Bolles shows you how to develop that mindset, so you can ...

Toronto Metropolitan University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. Toronto Metropolitan University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. It’s acceptance ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate Vitasek covers how to crack the code on collaboration Students needn't pursue a career in academics to understand the innate ...