Working memory Archives

Posted May 24, 2023

While parents and teachers often focus on academic achievements, it is equally important to nurture children’s cognitive health. Recent...

Posted March 1, 2023

While cooking can be fun, it can also be a taxing task that relies heavily on executive function. Cooking is a great opportunity to get kids...

Posted October 31, 2022

Boo! Halloween, trick-or-treating, and costume planning offer fun ways to promote executive function at home. Categorizing Many students don’t...

Posted August 29, 2022

Are you looking for a compelling, research-backed reason to get your children involved in household chores? Research shows that the benefits of...

Posted July 11, 2022

Long days, peak temperatures, and high humidity…we are officially in the dog days of summer! During this time, humans and their canine companions...

Posted April 11, 2022

Constructivism is a theory of learning (link opens in new tab/window) that revolves around the idea that learners construct their own knowledge...

Posted February 9, 2022

“A central issue with working memory is that it’s limited. It’s limited in capacity, limited in duration, limited in focus. We tend to...

Posted February 3, 2021

When it comes to reading, working in groups can be problematic, especially for students with dyslexia, ADHD, or other learning differences...

Posted October 7, 2020

Project-based learning continues to be popular during remote or hybrid learning, allowing students to interact with each other while connecting...

Posted May 8, 2019

Executive function has been shown to be a crucial cognitive process for the success of humans, whether school aged or adult. But what about...

Posted January 16, 2019

“Place your attention in the center of your body. You may want to close your eyes. Take a few breaths and allow your body to relax. Imagine you...

Posted May 4, 2017

Working memory is the ability to hold information in one’s mind and to mentally manipulate this information (e.g., mental math). It’s...