Areas of the brain associated with language work harder in girls than in boys during language tasks, and boys and
girls rely on different parts of the brain when performing these tasks.
This increasingly popular option may not be suitable for everyone.
Children are best able to identify the solution to a
problem when they explain it to their mother.
Rereading or summarizing can enhance people's "metacomprehension" - the ability to accurately evaluate how well they are learning.
Research published in the open access journal BMC Medicine has concluded that international university
rankings are "misleading and should be abandoned".
