A variety of sources provides us with a body of fairly reliable knowledge about adult learning. This knowledge might be divided into three basic divisions: things we know about adult learners and ...

Recent research underscores gamification’s expanding role in adult education, from boosting motivation and engagement to improving self-concept through role-play. Studies show competitive elements and ...

Training transfer refers to the process by which adult learners apply newly acquired skills, knowledge and attitudes from formal training environments to real-world contexts. In adult education, ...

Andragogy, a term initially coined by the German educator Alexander Kapp in 1833, was later popularized by American educator Malcolm Knowles. It signifies a shift in educational methods and practices, ...

A new study brings together two schools of thought on the function of the neurotransmitter dopamine: one saying that dopamine provides a learning signal, the other saying that dopamine drives ...

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A signaling pathway best known for shaping the brain before birth also helps govern how adults learn, adapt, and persist in ...

Researchers have identified a receptor, Smoothened, that regulates how the adult brain locks in or overwrites learned behaviors by controlling the timing of neurotransmitter pauses in the striatum.

The embryonic receptor "Smoothened" regulates dopamine and acetylcholine timing to control learning and habit formation in ...