Scientists have debated for decades whether the human brain sprouts new neurons throughout life. What would it mean if it could — and how much evidence is enough?

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Background The number of makerspaces in the world has been doubling approximately every 18 months, yet research has focused primarily on STEM skill development rather than on the potential of makerspa...

Research on the development of early mathematics skills (e.g., during the 3–5 year old period) has seen a dramatic increase in publications in the las…

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In symbolic number comparison tasks, the numerical distance and size effects are largely influenced by the statistical properties of the stimuli. Here, we tested whether nonsymbolic number comparison ...

Studies have shown the importance of executive functions (EFs) and spatial and relational reasoning for fraction understanding; however, few studies h…

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UNESCO identified the formation of digital literacy skills as one of the most desired outcomes of education. Using an exploratory sequential mixed methods design, we explored elementary students’ p...