Dr. Roberta Ekuni (she/her) is an Adjunct Professor at Universidade Estadual de Londrina in Paraná, Brazil. She specializes in research on student study strategies, online learning, and neuromyths. Dr. Ekuni also debunks neuromyths for teachers and students on Instagram (@drarobertaekuni), where she has more than 30,000 followers. She earned her Ph.D. from Universidade Federal de São Paulo.

In addition, Dr. Ekuni led efforts to translate my practice guides in Portuguese, and she created a YouTube video about retrieval practice in Portuguese.

Additional language spoken: Portuguese (fluent)

Learn more about how Dr. Ekuni’s research on neuromyths, where they come from, and how to avoid them in Smart Teaching Stronger Learning (Chapter 10).

Dr. Ekuni’s recent publications:

Where did pre-service teachers, teachers, and the general public learn neuromyths? [Download PDF]
Neurophilia is stronger for educators than students in Brazil [Download PDF]
Are study strategies universal? A call for more research with diverse non-WEIRD students [Download PDF]
A conceptual replication of survey research on study strategies in a diverse, non-WEIRD student population [Download PDF]

Recommended research publication: Sazaka, L. S. R., Hermida, M. J., & Ekuni, R. (2024). Where did pre-service teachers, teachers, and the general public learn neuromyths? Insights to support teacher training. Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 36, Article 100235.