#StudyTips

A new international survey-based study finds that young adults who screen positive for attention‑deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) use background music more often — and prefer more stimulating tracks — than their neurotypical peers, yet both groups report similar subjective boosts to concentration and mood. The research, published in Frontiers in Psychology and summarized in Neuroscience News, maps real‑world listening habits across everyday tasks and points to music as a low‑cost, customizable tool that could help people in Thailand and elsewhere manage attention and emotion during study, work and exercise (Frontiers article; Neuroscience News summary).

A new neuroscience study suggests that feeling good while learning could be the key to remembering information more effectively—shedding fresh light on the powerful link between positive emotions and memory performance. According to ground-breaking research by scientists at Hangzhou Normal University and Nanjing Normal University, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, the human brain doesn’t just benefit from happy feelings; it builds stronger, more lasting memories because of them. For Thai students, educators, families, and individuals interested in boosting learning outcomes, these findings offer practical and culturally resonant strategies.

Fresh neuroscience research suggests that learning under positive emotions can strengthen memory encoding. Scientists from Hangzhou Normal University and Nanjing Normal University report that happiness during study helps form firmer, longer-lasting memories. For Thai students, teachers, and families, these findings translate into culturally resonant strategies to improve learning outcomes.

In the experiment, 44 university students memorized meaningless squiggles paired with emotional images—positive, neutral, or negative. Each pair appeared three times, totaling 144 pairs per participant. After a day’s delay, participants showed the strongest recognition for squiggles linked to positive imagery. Associations with negative or neutral images produced weaker recall. The researchers describe this as evidence that positive emotion during learning enhances memory encoding.