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Video games have positive effects on kids’ cognitive skills...

Apr 30, 2016 by

New research published in the journal “Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology,” indicates that playing on-screen games is actually good for children’s mental, cognitive and social skills....

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Dogs’ IQs may offer clues to human cognitive decline

Apr 29, 2016 by

An assessment of 68 border collies’ IQs helped shed insight into humans and dementia....

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Immune cells “prune” connections between neurons

Apr 18, 2016 by

Previous known for their role in protecting the brain from infection and injury, microglia are now believed to also help rewire connections between nerve cells....

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Link between ADHD and academic expectations identified

Apr 12, 2016 by

Researchers at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have found that there may be a correlation between the prevalence of ADHD and increasing academic demands placed on young kids....

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What goes wrong in the brain when someone can’t spell

Apr 8, 2016 by

Researchers studying stroke victims who have lost their ability to spell have pinpointed the areas of the brain that control how we write words....

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Delaying school for kids born prematurely doesn’t help

Apr 2, 2016 by

Although children born before 34 weeks gestation tend to have worse math and reading skills, putting them in school at a later age doesn’t seem to be the best answer....

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Scientists develop first portable, wearable brain monitoring system...

Feb 24, 2016 by

Bioengineers and cognitive scientists came together to take brain activity monitoring out of the lab and on the go with a 64-channel system....

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