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Learning: One definition to rule them all?

Martin Lövdén, Isabelle Hansson & Toms Voits

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Collection: Mathematical Cognition

We invite research that explores how learning environments shape mathematical cognition across development, particularly through interactions with cognitive, affective, and neural factors.

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Collection: Embodied Learning

This Collection on embodied learning exploring how movement, perception, and physiology shape learning across theory, methods, and edtech.

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Unveiling the impact of goal types: enhancing self-efficacy in rehabilitation robotics

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Emmanuel Manalo
Tomoyuki Noda
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Receptive and expressive language phenotyping in over 62,000 autistic individuals

Katrine Gankin
Rohan Venkatesh
Andrey Vyshedskiy
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Curious behaviors in times of uncertainty: dynamics of student question-posing in online educational discussion

Farhan Ali
Yehong Yang
Jia-Hou Poh
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Learning proximal cyclic sighing buffers anxiety across learning moments and boredom across days

Peng Wang
Lesya Ganushchak
Roel van Steensel
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Does tapping in sync reflect cognitive control? Links between sensorimotor synchronization, social context, and executive function in early childhood

Yunhee Kim
Doyeon Chae
Min-gu Kim
ArticleOpen Access20 Jul 2026
Comparing feedback learning and arousal responses in Down, Fragile X, and Williams syndromes

Astrid E. Z. Hallman
Charlotte Willfors
Johan Lundin Kleberg
ArticleOpen Access16 Jul 2026
Learning: One definition to rule them all?

Martin Lövdén
Isabelle Hansson
Toms Voits
PerspectiveOpen Access15 Jul 2026
The Role of Eye Movement Consistency in Aging-Related Decline in Face Recognition

Yueyuan Zheng
Tracy WS Lo
Janet H. Hsiao
ArticleOpen Access10 Jul 2026
Mapping the Montessori mathematics curriculum to Dehaene’s four pillars of learning

Chloë Marshall
Louise Livingston
Jo Van Herwegen
PerspectiveOpen Access09 Jul 2026

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Learning: One definition to rule them all?

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Interested in joining the journal team?

Collection: Mathematical Cognition

Collection: Embodied Learning

Browse articles

Unveiling the impact of goal types: enhancing self-efficacy in rehabilitation robotics

Receptive and expressive language phenotyping in over 62,000 autistic individuals

Curious behaviors in times of uncertainty: dynamics of student question-posing in online educational discussion

Learning proximal cyclic sighing buffers anxiety across learning moments and boredom across days

Does tapping in sync reflect cognitive control? Links between sensorimotor synchronization, social context, and executive function in early childhood

Comparing feedback learning and arousal responses in Down, Fragile X, and Williams syndromes

Learning: One definition to rule them all?

The Role of Eye Movement Consistency in Aging-Related Decline in Face Recognition

Mapping the Montessori mathematics curriculum to Dehaene’s four pillars of learning

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Postdoctoral Researcher

CeMM International Postdoc Program (Vienna, Austria) PreERC Postdoc Program (m/f/d)

Assistant Professor, NeuroAI

Fully funded 4-year PostDoc Position in Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience

Three multidisciplinary postdoctoral scholarships (2 years)

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Fragmented learning from short videos modulates neural activity and connectivity during memory retrieval

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Curious behaviors in times of uncertainty: dynamics of student question-posing in online educational discussion

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