Making a Mountain of an Educational Neuroscience Molehill
Educational neuroscience research may not be reliable, according to a new analysis. Read Full Post >
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Brain Scientists Seek Developmental Sweet Spot for Learning to Read
A longitudinal study find different growth rates in white matter, the brain's connective tissue, between good and poor readers. Read Full Post >
August 15, 2012
School Reunions, Social Networking Help Researchers Track Students
Social networking and new technologies have helped revive a 50-year-old national education study. Read Full Post >
July 27, 2012
Duz Txting Hurt Yr Kidz Gramr? Absolutely, a New Study Says
A new study finds frequent texting can impair middle schoolers' grammar skills. Read Full Post >
July 25, 2012
NSF Project Looks for Ways to Gauge 'Spark' of Creativity
One of the National Science Foundation's first new INSPIRE awards will look for ways to measure how creativity develops in groups. Read Full Post >
July 11, 2012
ED Awards $1.5 Million Grant to Study Health Instruction
The Institute of Education Sciences has awarded $1.5 million to study a North Carolina health curriculum based on neuroscience and cognitive science. Read Full Post >
June 27, 2012
TEDGlobal: How Can We Better Reach Teenage Brains?
Social learning research could highlight much more nuanced ways to help adolescents learn, cognitive neuroscientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore argued at TEDGlobal in Edinburgh, Scotland this afternoon. Read Full Post >
June 27, 2012
Study: Sharing Attention Can Improve Language for Autistic Students
A new University of California, Los Angeles study finds that teaching autistic preschoolers to share attention during play can improve their language skills five years later. Read Full Post >
April 23, 2012
Atom-Based Sensor Could Help Children's Brain Research
A new atom-based sensor could improve brain imaging studies of children. Read Full Post >
December 09, 2011
Neuroscience Ed. Winner Finds Cognitive Training Helps Parents, Students
Helen Neville has won the 2011Transforming Education Through Neuroscience award for studies suggesting parent training can compound cognitive improvements for children receiving attention interventions. Read Full Post >
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