The evidence,
in one place.

A short, illustrated edition of the review behind Lumora: what learning research supports, what the AI tutoring trials found, and where the claims stop.

Short edition · 2026

Cover of The Science Behind How We Learn, short edition

Free PDF · 77 pages

The Science
Behind How We Learn

Sixteen short chapters on retrieval, spacing, feedback, cognitive load, metacognition, tutoring and AI. The full source list is included, and the places where the evidence stops are marked rather than smoothed over.

  • 16 chapters. The mechanisms that produce durable learning, and the illusions that hide them.
  • 25 diagrams. No captions; the drawings do the explaining.
  • 32 features. A feature-by-feature map of Lumora, with each claim labelled by its evidence status.
  • Full sources. Every source used was checked against Crossref or a primary record.

Compiled with AI assistance. It is an evidence review, not a credential, and the product described in the appendix has not been validated as a whole.

What it does not do

It does not claim that research on learning techniques proves Lumora works, or that the app outperforms other tools. It separates what the trials measured from what they are often said to have measured. The composition of techniques inside one product remains untested.

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