Benjamin Keep, PhD, JD

Online Learning Can Be Awesome. Here's How.

Why Can't People Solve These Simple Problems?

Everyone misses this problem solving step

Learning scientist learns how to cook

What makes something memorable?

The Essentials of Problem Solving

Learning Foreign Language Vocabulary - The Fundamentals

The Skill of Learning from Lectures

40 Hours to Learn Mental Math | The riveting conclusion?

How to learn from a book (maybe) | note-taking, visualizations, spacing | history example

Youtubers tested the generation effect. Did it work?

The Experiment That Teaches People How To Learn

Active Control vs Passive Control in Randomized Controlled Trials | What's the Difference?

Two Reasons NOT to Copy Memory Athletes

Teach Your Kid Basic Math

Study Less, Study Smart(er) - Extending Marty Lobdell's Study Advice

How to Read Peer-reviewed Articles on Experiments in Learning

How to Use Free Recall to Learn More Effectively

What is Actually Wrong with Rote Learning?

This Simple Method Helps You Learn More from Podcasts (and Audiobooks!)

The Knowledge That Underlies Everything | Tacit Knowledge

A Simple Way to Learn Complex Skills

Learn More From Every Paragraph | Active Reading Example

What Speed Readers Won't Tell You

Active Processing vs Active Learning | What's the difference?

What does good learning FEEL like?

I Learned Mental Math In 40 Hours

How Bad Ideas About Learning Spread | 5 Examples

3 Forgotten Studying Secrets from a 1979 Memory Expert

Learning Beyond Facts | Conceptual Knowledge, Procedural Knowledge, and More

The Most Common Obstacle to Effective Studying

What Study Gurus Get Wrong About Learning

How I got tricked by this one weird trick - eating, the Delbeouf illusion, and meta-analyses

7 Tips For Learning Anything On Your Own

The true story of the search for planet Vulcan. And what it says about science.

The Surprising Truth About Note-taking During Lectures

Three simple tricks to read textbooks more effectively

How visualizations help you learn (and how to use them)

Why THIS is the best way to learn to ride a bike. | Intro to instructional scaffolding

What makes people great chess players? Cognitive scientist answers.

3 Simple Lessons in Learning and Attention | Cognitive Load, External Focus, Distraction, etc.

How to prepare for a final exam | High school and college

What is intuition? And where does it come from?

The thing that kills creativity | Psychology, insight, and problem solving.

Why are chess masters so much better than you?

What Sherlock Holmes Got Wrong | Deduction, Induction, and Abduction

What no one tells you about learning faster.

Forgetting doesn't work like you think.

A Simple Study Tip: Stop Highlighting

5 Things Students Should Know About Learning