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Gibson Institute of Cognitive Research Opens...

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Traumatic Brain Injury: Damaged Neural Connections Can Be Rewired...

Posted by @dminiStr on Jun 17, 2013

Look who's talking about brain training. The New York Times. Read more.

“The Brain Trainers” (New York Times feature article)...

Posted by Wendy Burt on Nov 4, 2012

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Handwriting beats typing and watching videos for learning to read...

Aug 19, 2021 by Wendy Burt

A new study out of Johns Hopkins University indicates that handwriting helps people learn certain skills surprisingly faster and significantly better than learning the same material through typing or watching videos....

Adult ADHD linked to numerous physical conditions

Aug 17, 2021 by Wendy Burt

New research from the Karolinska Institutet found that adults with ADHD are at higher risk of a wide range of physical conditions, including metabolic, respiratory, musculoskeletal and nervous system diseases....

Species of gut bacteria linked to enhanced cognition and language in boys...

Aug 12, 2021 by Wendy Burt

A new study from the University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry found that infant boys with a higher composition of a particular gut microbiota show enhanced neurodevelopment....

Air pollution tied to poor academics in childhood

Aug 10, 2021 by Wendy Burt

New research from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health found that children exposed to elevated levels of air pollution may be more likely to have poor inhibitory control during late childhood and poor academic skills in early adolescence,...

ADHD may be linked to some eye conditions

Aug 5, 2021 by Wendy Burt

A review of children found a link between ADHD and some specific visual impairments, including astigmatic refractive error, convergence insufficiency and color perception issues....

Tooth loss linked to dementia and cognitive decline

Aug 3, 2021 by Wendy Burt

Scientists have found a potential relationship between tooth loss, dementia and cognitive decline. The research was published in the journal JAMDA: The Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine....

Phone conversations may aid early detection of Alzheimer’s

Jul 29, 2021 by Wendy Burt

Researchers used machine learning to develop models that use the acoustic features of a person’s conversations to identify whether they may have early Alzheimer’s. The models might eventually translate into smartphone apps or online solutions to help identify the...