Kids get distracted due to undeveloped working memory, not curiosity - explaining how they learn differently from adults.

Researchers at Ohio State University found that when working memory is overloaded, attention becomes scattered and adults ...

Researchers have known that children often don't focus on tasks and tend to "overexplore" instead of paying attention to what ...

Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, ...

Working memory is a fundamental cognitive process that allows us to hold on to information temporarily as it comes through our senses. Like a small holding bin, working memory enables us to ...

Overloading adults' working memory causes them to behave like children, scatter attention, and "over explore," even while learning.

This month’s executive function skill of focus is working memory. As a reminder, executive function (EF) skills are brain-based skills that help us get things done. For those of us with ADHD, we often ...

This month’s executive function skill is working memory. Executive function skills are brain-based skills that help us “get things done” easily—or not—depending on our particular brain. Working memory ...

A study led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai shows that exposure to lead during pregnancy and early childhood may accelerate the rate at which children forget ...