Your brain is as unique as your fingerprint.

People learn best when they understand how their brains actually work, and education should reflect that reality by embracing cognitive diversity. As we move into the Fifth Industrial Revolution, it’s crucial to incorporate insights from learning science and neuroscience tools to cater to the needs of all learners, including those with neurodiversity.

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Welcome to Spikey Minds!

We believe that understanding how brains actually work should help people feel capable, included, and understood—not mislabeled or left behind. Our mission is to bridge the gap between what neuroscience reveals about cognitive diversity and how education systems recognize and support learners, particularly in the context of the Fifth Industrial Revolution. By utilizing neuroscience tools, we aim to enhance the field of learning science and promote neurodiversity. When individuals can accurately understand their own minds in context, they are better equipped to learn, thrive, and contribute ethically and creatively in a rapidly changing world.

Our Mission

Spikey Minds exists to help people utilize neuroscience tools to better understand how they think, learn, and relate—particularly in education. We translate insights from neuroscience and learning science into accessible resources that empower learners to understand their cognitive diversity, support their wellbeing, and engage more fully in learning and society, especially in the context of the Fifth Industrial Revolution. In short, we help individuals grasp the complexities of their brains in real life, not just in theory.

Our Vision

Our Values

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Accessibility

Neuroscience should be understandable and useful, incorporating insights from learning science and embracing neurodiversity rather than being locked behind jargon or credentials. As we enter the Fifth Industrial Revolution, if neuroscience tools cannot be applied in everyday life to support cognitive diversity, they are not fulfilling their purpose.

Cognitive Diversity

There is no single “normal” brain. Embracing cognitive diversity, along with different ways of thinking, learning, and making meaning, is fundamental to being human—and education should reflect that, especially in the context of the Fifth Industrial Revolution. By integrating insights from learning science and utilizing neuroscience tools, we can better support neurodiversity in educational settings.

Human-Centered Use of Science

Brains do not exist in isolation; they are integral to our understanding of cognitive diversity across classrooms, relationships, institutions, and real-world challenges. We emphasize how learning science and neuroscience tools contribute to recognizing neurodiversity, especially in the context of the Fifth Industrial Revolution.

Ethics and Agency

Neuroscience tools should expand people’s sense of possibility, embracing cognitive diversity rather than reducing individuals to simplistic categories. In the context of the Fifth Industrial Revolution, learners deserve access to resources that enhance choice, voice, and self-understanding, reflecting the principles of learning science and neurodiversity.

Relevance

Learning sticks when it connects to lived experience. We design resources that leverage learning science to help people immediately see how neuroscience relates to stress, motivation, identity, and belonging, while also embracing cognitive diversity and neurodiversity as we prepare for the Fifth Industrial Revolution.