Who is Cognitive Transfer?

Cognitive Transfer is when you use skills or knowledge from one thing to help you learn something new.

Imagine you’ve already learned how to ride a bike. Now, when you try to ride a scooter, it feels easier because your brain remembers how balance and movement work, that’s cognitive transfer in action!

Think of your brain like a playground. When you learn something new, it's like adding a new swing or slide. But if you already know how to climb the monkey bars, those skills can help you figure out the new swing faster, because your brain says, “I’ve done something similar before!”

If you’ve learned how to read, it makes learning how to write easier. You already know what letters look like, so when you start writing them down, your brain connects the dots, just like a puzzle!

Cognitive transfer is all about using what you already know to make something new feel familiar and fun.