Are Schools Teaching Kids How to Think?

Hello, Brain :) · Oct 19, 2026 · 28m

You can make the dean's list and still feel like you never really learned anything. So, what is school actually teaching our brains?

In this episode of Hello, Brain :), host Collin Adams sits down with neuroscientist Dr. Ramona von Leden and physician Dr. Dan O'Brien to talk about education and the developing brain. They dig into the difference between memorizing and understanding, why grades and self-esteem are so tangled up, what happens in the brain when you get called on in class, and how curiosity helps you remember. Collin also shares what it was like to move through school with…