The student will learn the rules for proper use of singular and plural subjects and verbs by looking at examples in sentences.

This video explores the idea of descriptive language and how tone, mood, and imagery all work in conjunction to enhance any form of writing.

“Repetition in Poems” examines the use of repeated lines or phrases in poetry.

Once we knew that quasicrystals could be produced in a laboratory, Paul Steinhardt, Princeton University, set out to see if they might exist naturally, spending hours carefully examining minerals in museums in the hopes of stumbling upon...

Nobel Laureate Roger Penrose (Oxford) reveals how his popular science books have enabled contact with both laypeople and specialists.

York University psychologist Ellen Bialystok describes her research that led her to conclude that bilingualism affects more than just our general awareness of the structure of language, but also improves our ability to multitask and...

Lisa Feldman Barrett, Northeastern University, describes how the concept of variability is a key concept to understanding the brain that has been consistently overlooked as we developed invalid assumptions of brain processing based upon...

Neuroscientist John Duncan (Cambridge) describes some of the tests associated with Charles Spearman's mysterious "g factor."

Psychologist Barbara Fredrickson (UNC Chapel Hill) describes her scientific motivations in exploring positive emotions.

Philosopher Patricia Churchland (UC San Diego) describes some implications of fully recognizing that our minds are a manifestation of our underlying brain biology.

Cognitive scientist Lisa Feldman Barrett (Northeastern) highlights how our current models of psychology are often based on false principles, using metaphors for the mind that simply don’t apply to the brain.

Professional tennis player Janko Tipsarevic describes essential aspects of sports psychology which enabled him to crack the illustrious world Top Ten.

Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck describes the difference between a fixed and a growth mindset and describes how her primary school years were shaped by a rigorously fixed-mindset teacher who lined all students up by IQ ranking.

UC San Diego psychologist Diana Deutsch describes how, despite their potential effectiveness for revealing how our brains work, many researchers are made uncomfortable by investigating auditory illusions.

Cognitive scientist Victor Ferreira (UC San Diego) describes how psychology and neuroscience might overlap through the mind.

Psychologist and memory scientist Elizabeth Loftus (UC Irvine) discusses some current research ideas related to memory and brain imaging, and stresses the importance of educating people on the malleability of memory from a young age.