Adults Often Assume That Most Learning Is

Animals Are Certainly More Sophisticated Than We Used To Think. And We Shouldn't Lump Together Animals As A Group. Crows And Chimps And Dogs Are All Highly Intelligent In Very Different Ways.

Because We Imagine, We Can Have Invention And Technology. It's Actually Play, Not Necessity, That Is The Mother Of Invention.

What Teenagers Want Most Of All Are Social Rewards, Especially The Respect Of Their Peers.

Adults Often Assume That Most Learning Is The Result Of Teaching And That Exploratory, Spontaneous Learning Is Unusual. But Actually, Spontaneous Learning Is More Fundamental.

Ineffective Or Weak Brain Connections Are Pruned In Much The Same Way A Gardener Would Prune A Tree Or Bush, Giving The Plant A Desired Shape.