Garth Kroeker

In my clinic, I mainly see university students.  I believe it is important, and therapeutic, to invite students to bring their schoolwork to...

This is the first of a series of posts I've been planning based on Daniel Kahneman's book Thinking, Fast and Slow.  I found this b...

Standard IQ tests measure a particular set of intellectual skills.  But this leads to a big question about what exactly is being measured.  ...

Outlier by Malcolm Gladwell, is a brilliant book about the causes of success, outstanding achievement, and personal greatness. Gladwell d...

Here's another simple research finding, published recently in Science by Sian Beilock:  students who spent ten minutes--immediately befo...

Here's another recent bit of research, published in Science , demonstrating the value of doing a test ("retrieval practice"), ...

A common problem I find among university students is difficulty reading quickly or efficiently.  Reading problems can also occur in conjunct...

Here's a reference to an interesting 2009 study showing that playing tetris for 30 minutes can interfere with memory consolidation of up...

Adrian Owen et al. published a letter in Nature this week, summarizing the results of a study examining the effects of playing "brain ...

An interesting question I have often considered has to do with the most efficient way to use time, in order to prepare for something, or to ...

Sleeping after learning improves consolidation of memory. Slow-wave sleep, which tends to occur in the first few hours after you fall aslee...

The field of optimizing study or practice time is quite interesting. There are elements of wisdom from diverse points of view, such as from...