林晓东当下主要致力于抗挫能力的研究。她发现，抗挫能力就好像人体的免疫系统，一旦染病就会被激活来应对疾病。她希望孩子能在困难和挫折面前也自行激活一套类似的心理机制来应对。
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Research Spotlight: “Even Einstein Struggled”
Students’ beliefs that success in science depends on exceptional talent negatively impact their motivation to learn. For example, such beliefs have been shown to be a major factor steering students away from taking science and math courses in high school and college. In the present study, we tested a novel story-based instruction that models how scientists achieve through failures and struggles.
