While many factors contribute to a student’s capacity for accomplishment, naturally motivated students from higher socioeconomic backgrounds are more likely to succeed, according to a new study.

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Neuroscientists have identified a brain circuit critical for learning to make decisions that require evaluating the cost or reward of an action. They showed this circuit is negatively affected by ...

Canadian Journal of Education / Revue canadienne de l'éducation, Vol. 33, No. 3, Langue, identité et politiques éducatives / Language, Identity and Educational ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. An unmotivated ...

People motivated by power and the desire to influence others are more likely to share fake news posts on social media, according to a new study led by a UCL researcher. In a series of experiments, ...

Smoking the equivalent of a single 'spliff' of cannabis makes people less willing to work for money while 'high,' finds a new study. The research is the first to reliably demonstrate the short-term ...