From the CNRS (Délégation Paris Michel-Ange) press release via AlphaGalileo: Increasing the spacing between characters and words in a text improves the speed and quality of dyslexic children’s reading, without prior training. They read 20%…
From the University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences press release via EurekAlert!: Teachers learn a lot about how to teach curriculum in college, but they don’t get much training in helping…
From the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences press release via AlphaGalileo: A pair of new studies by computer scientists, biologists, and cognitive psychologists at Harvard, Northwestern, Wellesley, and Tufts suggest that collaborative touch-screen…
From the UC Irvine press release: Mizuko “Mimi” Ito spends a lot of time “geeking out” at her computer. She plays video games, trolls the Internet, chats, and visits social media sites such as Facebook…
From the Kennedy Krieger Institute press release via MedicalXpress: In a step towards improving rehabilitation for patients with walking impairments, researchers from the Kennedy Krieger Institute found that non-invasive stimulation of the cerebellum, an area…
From the University of Nottingham press release via Physorg: Holidays could serve as a valuable extension of the national curriculum for the UK’s disadvantaged youngsters, new research has suggested. They provide a significant source of…
From the University of Rochester press release via EurekAlert!: Long before babies understand the story of Goldilocks, they have more than mastered the fairy tale heroine’s method of decision-making. Infants ignore information that is too…
From the Centre national de la recherche scientifique press release via MedicalXpress: Researchers at the Institut Pasteur and the CNRS have recently identified in mice the role played by neo-neurons formed in the adult brain.…
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison press release via Newswise: Two years ago, at a meeting on science and education, Richard Davidson challenged video game manufacturers to develop games that emphasize kindness and compassion instead of…
From the Dartmouth College press release via EurekAlert!: Exercise clears the mind. It gets the blood pumping and more oxygen is delivered to the brain. This is familiar territory, but Dartmouth’s David Bucci thinks there…