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• Dan Willingham’s Hall of Shame

  
  The Core Knowledge Blog — Authority: 132
  Dan Willingham has debuted a new feature over the the Washington Post’s Answer Sheet blog aimed at debunking scientific claims made on behalf  of educational products.  The first case on the docket is a computer program called eyeQ, which purports to improve reading speed by teaching kids to use both hemispheres ...
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• Are we the masters of time? (part 2)

  
  Deepak Chopra & Intent — Authority: 118
  The mind gives us mastery over our lives far more than people recognize. Its become unrespectable to make such claims for the mind, because the fashion is to give all credit to the brain. In the first part of this...
  3 days ago

• Neurotherapy: Progress in Restorative Neuroscience and Neurology, Vol. 175 by Joost Verhaagen

  
  Free Your Mind All Free Download — Authority: 161
  Elsevier Science; 1 edition (October 30, 2009) | English | 012374511X | 548 pages | PDF | 11.35 MB A volume in Progress in Brain Resarch , collecting up to date articles by the leaders in the field on restorative neuroscience. Includes sections on Stem Cells, Gene Therapy, Pharmacotherapy, Deep Brain Stimulation ...
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• Kids talking to kids – My History Network

  
  History Tech — Authority: 122
  I was told once that in the typical social studies classroom, 85% of the conversation is teacher to student, 10% student to teacher and 5% student to student. (And . . . no, I can’t remember the source so I suppose you can adjust the numbers as you see fit.) But even if the numbers aren’t exactly correct, the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Net stimulates the brain: Study

  
  NetFamilyNews — Authority: 423
  A study presented this month at the Society for Neuroscience found that Internet training "could potentially enhance brain function and cognition in older adults," ScienceDaily.com reports . Researchers at University California, Los Angeles, worked with two groups of "neurologically normal volunteers between the ages ...
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• Brain Research on Hypnosis: The Cognitive Neuroscience of the …

  
  Hypnosis MagazineHypnosis Magazine — Authority: 150
  Recent years have seen a renewed interest in the neurology of hypnosis . Improved brain scanning technology has made this possible and has led to fascinating observations. See original here: Brain Research on Hypnosis: The Cognitive Neuroscience of the … BlogBabel Tags: brain-research , cognitive-neuroscience ...
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• + Light at Night May Link to Depression

  
  Dyslexia Tutor: News-Resources — Authority: 113
  other topics: click a “category” or use search box Researchers at Ohio State University have produced a study that may link depression to light at night, according to an article in Science Daily . Researchers found that when mice were housed in a lighted room 24 hours a day, they exhibited more depressive ...
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• Invisible stimuli. “Journal of Vision article suggests potential treatment …”

  
  LASIK Eye Surgery — Authority: 132
  Caspar Schwiedrzik from the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Germany has informed: “A question that had not been tackled until now was whether a hallmark of the human brain, namely its ability to produce conscious awareness, is also trainable …” “Our findings imply that there is no fixed border ...
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• Brain can be trained to improve visual perception

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  Washington, Oct 22 (ANI): A new study has revealed that our brains can be trained to consciously see stimuli that would normally be invisible.Study’s lead author Caspar Schwiedrzik from the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Germany said the brain is an organ that continuously adapts to its environment and ...
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• Muscle ’synergies’ could help treat stroke patients

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  Washington, Oct 21 (ANI): Motor impairments in stroke patients could actually be injuries in specific combinations of muscle activity, known as synergies, which could help in the treatment of people suffering from stroke, according to researchers at MIT and San Camillo Hospital in Venice, Italy. Earlier researchers ...
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• Status: a more accurate way of understanding self-esteem.

  
  Blogs — Authority: 159
  Brain research is doing two things. In part it is explaining the underpinning functioning of things we already know, like the importance mindfulness (see last weeks post) . However, some research also points to the need for a major overhaul in our thinking. This appears to be the case with self-esteem. While theres ...
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• Secrets to Striking Full Attention and Interest From Your Audience by Siti Asma

  
  e-Guru.org — Authority: 148
  “Studying is boring!”…just how often have you heard this from your child. Every individual is unique in every way. Hence we must understand that even our children have different learning styles. Unfortunately, this is not always possible in our current school education system, where learning is always one-sided ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Dalai Lama, Richie Davidson, Thoreau: Change your brain, change the world.

  
  Blogs — Authority: 159
  The Dalai Lama was in Washington, DC a few days ago - not meeting with President Obama , but with world-class neuroscientists, national leaders and policy-makers on education, and advanced contemplatives, one of whom has been dubbed the Happiest Man in the World . And I got to watch. Admittedly, I attended with ...
  4 weeks ago

• This is Your Brain on Pentagon Channel

  
  Science Cheerleader — Authority: 130
  A brief, “edutaining” first-person account on the Science of Lying, from our own Dr. John Ohab. This Pentagon Channel report investigates whether neuroimaging techniques can be used to detect deception. Dr. Bhatt previously appeared as a guest on the weekly science and technology podcast, “Armed with ...
  8 weeks ago

• New York Times article on parenting

  
  advice for parents — Authority: 103
  I was thrilled to read an article in the New York Times which cites research on the harm caused by using parental love and approval as either a carrot or a stick in an attempt to control our childrens behavior. Heres an excerpt:What these and other studies tell us, if we’re able to hear the news, is that praising ...
  8 weeks ago

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