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Education

Is The Ability To Learn Language Different From The Ability To Learn Math?

David Geary has outlined an evolutionary perspective on education that assumes a rather clear distinction…

Peter Gray
May 15, 2014

Education

The Evolved Mind In The Modern School

Essentially, the child’s mind comes with built-in scaffolding that prepares them to learn about other…

David Geary
May 1, 2014

Education

Evolutionary Approaches to Early Education

Some things that the public has been sold on as enhancing early childhood development may…

eiadminApril 24, 2014

Education

Free To Learn: Does The Hunter-Gatherer Style Of Education Work?

There is no lack of criticisms against our education system, but why would a psychologist…

Gabrielle Principe
June 18, 2013

EducationMind

Play, Stress, and the Learning Brain

An extraordinary number of species—from squid to lizards to humans—engage in play. But why?

eiadminSeptember 25, 2012

CultureMind

Are Taboos Adaptive? Evidence from the Island of Fiji

Are taboos ignorant superstitions, do they contain adaptive wisdom, or are they a mixture of…

David Sloan Wilson
April 20, 2012

Education

Formal Education: A Foreign Element in the Brain’s Natural Ecology

Humans evolved some two or so million years ago, yet it’s been only within the…

Gabrielle Principe
March 1, 2012