Last summer, the scientists chose fifty-five subjects, equally split between high delayers and low delayers, and sent each one a laptop computer loaded with working-memory experiments.
The new system is intended to encourage children to find out more for themselves by offering "joined-up" lessons rather than the traditional separation between subjects.
She demonstrated that, when people are in a high-ceilinged room, they're significantly better at seeing the connections between seemingly unrelated subjects.