What Lara Boyd has said about Educational neuroscience
1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 12, 2026
Lara Boyd, Neuroscientist and physical therapist, professor at the University of British Columbia and director of its Brain Behaviour Lab, has been quoted on Educational neuroscience once in 1 episode of The Mel Robbins Podcast, most recently on October 12, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Boyd says that teaching schoolchildren that their brains change when they learn improves their grades.
“if you take school children and you teach them their brain changes when they learn, their grades go up?”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: #1 Neuroscientist: After Listening to This, Your Brain Will Not Be the Same (Oct 12, 2026) · Listen from 3:37
Episodes
#1 Neuroscientist: After Listening to This, Your Brain Will Not Be the SameThe Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 12, 2026 · 1 h 15 min
Mel Robbins talks with UBC neuroscientist Lara Boyd about neuroplasticity, how struggle, sleep, exercise and stress reduction rewire the brain, and how to make learning stick.
Lara Boyd on other topics
- Sleep and memory consolidation · 2 quotes
- Desirable difficulty in learning · 2 quotes
- Neuroplasticity · 2 quotes
- Language immersion · 1 quote
- Manifestation and goal setting · 1 quote
- Mental rehearsal and visualization · 1 quote
- Meditation · 1 quote
- Cortisol and stress · 1 quote