Contextual cueing describes the phenomenon whereby repeated exposure to specific spatial layouts enables a more efficient visual search. In such settings, the surrounding distractor configuration, ...

Imagine you are a security guard in one of those casino heist movies where your ability to recognize an emerging crime will depend on whether you notice a subtle change on one of the many security ...

Despite decades of research, the mechanisms behind fast flashes of insight that change how a person perceives their world, termed "one-shot learning," have remained unknown. A mysterious type of ...

Visual learning techniques like mind mapping, concept mapping, and visual note-taking can make studying, brainstorming, and professional planning more effective. By organizing ideas into clear, ...

It is now understood that the hippocampus is closely linked to learning and memory (Doidge, 2015; Suzuki, 2015). However, this was not always the case. One prominent experiment investigating memory, ...