Repetition (doing the same thing repeatedly) is essential for learning and mastering new skills. Task repetition is a key to transforming short-term memories into long-term memories. Repetition is ...

Source: Kateryna Kon / Shutterstock When I was learning to play tennis in the early 1970s, my coach was also my father, a neuroscientist who saw racquet sports as a living laboratory. On the surface, ...

Every person who has ever spent time with a toddler is all too familiar with the refrain, “Again!” Whether it be the same rhyme, the bedtime story, or the same song, the need for repetition is an ...