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Young Children Show Improved Verbal IQ After 20 Days of Exposure to Music-Based Cognitive Training ‘Cartoons’
Canadian scientists who specialize in learning, memory and language in children have found exciting evidence that pre-schoolers can improve their verbal intelligence after only 20 days of classroom instruction using interactive, music-based cognitive training cartoons.
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Dyslexia independent of IQ
MIT News: About 5 to 10 percent of American children are diagnosed as dyslexic. Historically, the label has been assigned to kids who are bright, even verbally articulate, but who struggle with reading — in
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Volle Blase, voll konzentriert
Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger: Die Blase drückt, und man will nur noch eins – auf die Toilette. Plötzlich drehen sich alle Gedanken nur noch darum. Je akuter das Bedürfnis, desto stärker wird die Umgebung ausgeblendet. Nun könnte
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Imagination Can Influence Perception
Imagining something with our mind’s eye is a task we engage in frequently, whether we’re daydreaming, conjuring up the face of a childhood friend, or trying to figure out exactly where we might have parked
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Yankees-Red Sox Rivalry Elicits Extreme Fanfare
In the off-season of 1920, Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee dealt an up-and-coming slugger named Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees to raise cash for a Broadway play he was backing. The Red
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The Brain Is Not an Explanation
The Huffington Post: “Brain scans pinpoint how chocoholics are hooked.” This headline appeared in the Guardian a few years ago above a science story that began: “Chocoholics really do have chocolate on the brain.” The
