Happy New Year and welcome back to all our followers! 

The brain is remarkable for its ability to learn, adapt to experience, think bold, and dare to be different.

npj Science of Learning authors fascinating inside stories about their research in 2021, furthered our knowledge and understanding about the mind, brain, and education space.

Here are the Top 5 Behind the Paper posts for 2021.

1 Steve Pan, Assistant Professor of Psychology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, and Joshua Samani, Assistant Teaching Professor (LPSOE), UCLA, The United States of America. 

Shuffling homework problems helps college students learn introductory physics

2 Ge Wang, Chair Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, The United States of America.

Suppressing the Chance to Cheat in Online Exams

3 Nienke van Atteveld, Full Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Anantha Duraiappah, Director, UNESCO MGIEP, India.

Education for a better future

4 Bruno Sauce, Postdoctoral researcher and Torkel Klingberg, Professor, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. 

Working memory - does it run like a train or more like a jeep?

5 Xin Sun, Ph.D. candidate, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Shaylene Nancekivell, Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina Greensboro; Priti Shah, Professor of Psychology, University of Michigan; and Susan A. Gelman, Professor, University of Michigan, The United States of America.

How mindset beliefs work differently for Chinese and US students

Congratulations to all npj Science of Learning authors for contributing your research stories!

npj Science of Learning Community is committed to sharing the latest research, news, views and stories from psychologists, neuroscientists, and educators, whose discoveries impact millions of lives every day. Research about the brain continues to reveal the intelligence of wild life species. It is inspiring to know this research is creating greater awareness of and respect for how all living things think, feel and communicate with each other. 

Scientists face many challenges, but it is only through resilience that obstacles are overcome, and discoveries are made. So if you have a research study you would like to publish via npj Science of Learning, please submit your manuscripts electronically through the online portal for consideration via this page.

Alternatively, if you want to share your research experiences with npj Science of Learning Community you're welcome to contact me (email details via my profile) and I''ll send you an invitation to join the Community and contribute your blog. 

Looking forward to an exciting year of discovery about - the Brain!

Gabrielle Ahern

Managing Editor, npj Science of Learning Community.