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WANTED: Healthy brains
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe number of people impacted by dementia keeps increasing. So does the need for research on reducing risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, the leading...
Spelling out why the 'science of reading' movement is winning the Reading Wars
The Week via Yahoo News· 5 months agoPrimary school classroom with phonics on white board. How we teach children to read has been a...
10 Fascinating Things We Learned About Kids In 2023
HuffPost Life via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThere’s no denying that scientific discovery and innovation have changed the face of modern parenting. We now have the technology to create human embryos...
Teens can have excellent executive function — just not all the time
Knowable en Español via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAdolescents’ brains are highly capable, if inconsistent, during this critical age of exploration and...
Lifelong Learning: Modeling for Students and Faculty
Tech & Learning via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoCredit: Unsplash I have tried to stay fit since my teens, and four decades later, I was still training at the same intensity until pain in my joints...
Historic $50M donation by Tom Golisano to establish new institute at URMC
Democrat and Chronicle via Yahoo News· 1 week agoBillionaire philanthropist Tom Golisano on Thursday announced a $50 million donation to the...
Politics and our brains
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPartisan politics is more than just a difference of opinion. New research reveals that our brains process politically charged messages differently based...
Why do we like what we like? The neuroscience behind the objects that please us
The Conversation en Español via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhat does something have to have to give us pleasure? Kelly Sikkema / UnsplashWe humans, like other...
Zooming in on the brains of babies
Knowable Magazine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMany of our defining traits — including the languages we speak and how we connect with others — can be traced back at least in part to our earliest...
What is Rett syndrome, the illness that NBC News' Richard Engel's son Henry died from?
TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel announced Thursday that his 6-year-old son,...