Early brain connections are key to reading
An MIT study shows which parts of the brain are responsible for our ability to read. Interesting? Yes. Helpful for literacy? Not likely.
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Apparently, sea lions can also keep the beat
A few non-human animals have been known to have the ability to keep a musical beat, and now research has been published looking at what may be the mechanism.
Common chemicals affect child brain development
A new study that includes scientists from the Univ. of Ill. suggests we aren't doing enough to protect children from chemicals that may impair brain development.
Neuroscience doesn’t make teaching better
Can teachers become better teachers if they understand which structures of the brain influence the learning of certain tasks or behaviors? Probably not.
Efficient ignorance is key to paying attention
From Johns Hopkins, training people to pay attention to important details amid noise and garbage details that need to be filtered out.
Kan. teacher wants to write a song about Obama
Music has a powerful effect on kids. Making music out of classroom lessons can give content time to sink in as kids sing along.
Cognitive deficits seen in kids with brain tumors
Kids who survive malignant brain tumors suffer not only hearing loss but, as a result of the chemotherapy used to treat the tumor, long-term cognitive deficits.
Brain activity different in anorexic women
Anorexia nervosa is one of the most puzzling, and deadly, of all mental illnesses. What drives people to ignore the body's desire for change?
Brain trauma widespread in high school football
Football is a dangerous sport. Maybe, though, it's even more dangerous than we thought, due to hits that don't result in concussions.
Mistakes are better teachers than perfection
Maybe we learn more from our mistakes than we learn from getting things right from the beginning, new research suggests.