Excellent blog for Bad Science ELT! Greta on learning styles, NLP, etc

Deep Neural Networks, automated bilingualism

Revising tips from a neuroscientist

More on the phonological loop from a ELT perspective

Empirical evidence for benefits of storytelling in class

Catherine Walter, one of grammar's most upstanding proponents, looks to be recycling tired old research and making grand statements with little hard evidence

Dubious infographic, but with vague referencing

the mind remains as elusive as ever

There is no credible evidence that learning styles exist

Interesting practical book on education and neuroscience, but jumps too quickly to conclusions? eg See vitamins & exercise - worth researching further??? Probably bunk

About the problem of tracking what helps people learn... Willy Cardoso says: The problem is the constant search for a cause-effect relationships; something to overcome perhaps. Did the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas?? We'll never know because, ultimately, causes can't be fully tracked; therefore, explanations of consequences are inevitably incomplete.

Scientists consider the almost impossible task of drawing a circuit diagram for all 86 billion neurons and how they connect up: the 'connectome'. A fantastic video showing cutting edge technology seeing the neural pathways as never before!