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Neuroplasticity has become a buzzword in psychology and scientific circles, as well as outside of them, promising that you can “re-wire” your brain to improve everything from health and mental wellbeing to quality of life. There’s a lot of conflicting, misleading, and erroneous information out there. So, exactly how does it work?
Over-dependence on our digital devices is leading to cognitive dysfunction and brain imbalance. Learn how to help yourself or a loved one avoid the damage.
This infographic shows the entrepreneurial line of thinking. Unlearn what school taught you. See if you think like an entrepreneur or like a student.
The persistence of social media is certainly changing how things are done. In a matter of minutes, you can wish an old friend happy birthday on Facebook, find a recipe for dinner on Pinterest, watch a how-to project on YouTube, and get up to the minute updates on events from Twitter. But social media isn’t just changing how we act; it’s actually changing our brains as well.
Students who used longhand remembered more and had a deeper understanding of the material
Active learning may improve cognitive reserve, which helps reverse neurological damage
Support is growing for a decades-old physics idea suggesting that localized episodes of disordered brain activity help keep the overall system in healthy balance.
The European Union is funding an increasing number of support and research programmes in the field of Information and Communication Technologies.
Neuroimaging is seen as the key to understanding everything we do, but, in their controversial new book, Sally Satel and Scott O Lilienfeld say this approach is misguided
Do you think like a polymath? Here’s a quick test:
Are you more of a rational or intuitive thinker?
If you cringed as you read the question and ...
Our brains don't like unresolved issues, writes El Paso Schools IT director Tim Holt. Problem-based learning offers cliffhangers that keep students engaged.
Today’s infographic informs us that storytellers have the power to “plant emotions, thoughts, and ideas into the brain of the listener.”
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New discoveries about the human mind show the limitations of reason.
Flow. Getting in the zone. Whatever you call it, you’ve got to go there. And you’ve got to be able to stay there long enough to make meaningful progress.
Multitasking is an essential skill in the era of email, text messages, Facebook and Twitter. But, argues neuroscientist Daniel J Levitin, it’s actually making us less efficient
You wouldn't eat one food all the time, so why do you spend all of your workday in front of a screen?
Stories stimulate the brain. Metaphors like “He had leathery hands” rouse the sensory cortex.
User Experience Magazine - The Magazine of the User Experience Professionals Association (RT @jsutt: ICT and People with Cognitive Disabilities: Variations in Assistive TechnologyUser Experience Magazine http://t.co/0LiIVTFFAs)...
Founded in 1943, ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) is an educational leadership organization dedicated to advancing best practices and policies for the success of each learner.
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A computer model has supported the social brain theory - that animals in complex social groups have evolved larger brains.
Somerville-resident Melissa Mohr has written an eye-opening, academic study of swearing from the time of the ancient Romans to today, a subcultural journey that includes Chaucer’s England, the Old Testament Middle East, and the countercultural...
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