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How The Instinct to Explore Helps The Brain Learn

How The Instinct to Explore Helps The Brain Learn

How an instinct to explore helps animals learn to map their environment.
Posted in Engagement, Learning & Memory, Memory, Movement & Exercise, Neuroscience

Visual Navigation for Crawling and Walking Use Different Brain Regions (And Why That Matters)

Visual Navigation for Crawling and Walking Use Different Brain Regions (And Why That Matters)

New research findings may help explain developmental milestones as children learn to interact with and navigate their near environments.
Posted in Movement & Exercise, Neuroscience

The Future of Learning Includes All of Our Senses

The Future of Learning Includes All of Our Senses

Neuroscientists reveal how the brain is optimized for learning with all the senses and with movement in a wide variety of domains, such as letter and vocabulary acquisition, reading, mathematics, music, and spatial orientation.
Posted in Education, Movement & Exercise, Neuroscience

A Boost to Executive Function in Early Childhood

A Boost to Executive Function in Early Childhood

Researchers explore whether adherence to American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines for diet and physical activity had any relationship with toddlers’ executive function.

Posted in Attention, Motivation, Movement & Exercise, Neuroscience, Social Development

Slow Learner? It Could Be From Long-Term Stress

Slow Learner? It Could Be From Long-Term Stress

Long-term stress -- to which children are increasingly exposed -- can potentially cause serious damage to the brain, according to a new study.

Posted in Education, Health & Wellness, Language, Movement & Exercise, Neuroscience, School Readiness, Speech

From Hopscotch to Handwriting: Trial and Error is our Best Teacher

From Hopscotch to Handwriting: Trial and Error is our Best Teacher

Although we often think that we don’t want to make mistakes, this new model of learning reminds us that trying new things and making mistakes are our best teachers.
Posted in Education, Mathematics, Movement & Exercise, Neuroscience

Got Rhythm? This Type of Music Boosts Brain Performance

Got Rhythm? This Type of Music Boosts Brain Performance

Listening to these types of songs during an activity helped participants focus attention and multitask, especially those who have good rhythm.
Posted in Attention, Engagement, Movement & Exercise, Neuroscience

How Does the Brain Process and Store Movement?

How Does the Brain Process and Store Movement?

What researchers discovered about how the brain processes movement changes not only to our understanding of how the brain works, but provides a better understanding of conditions ranging from Parkinson’s disease to autism.
Posted in Education, Learning & Memory, Memory, Movement & Exercise, Neuroscience

How to Boost Children's Letter Sound Recognition

How to Boost Children's Letter Sound Recognition

Children who did this became twice as proficient at difficult letter sounds compared to those who received traditional instruction.
Posted in Education, Engagement, Language, Motivation, Movement & Exercise, Reading Skills, School Readiness, Speech

Need to Improve Concentration? Try This.

Need to Improve Concentration? Try This.

Researchers confirm the correlation between concentration and health-related quality of life and this everyday activity with primary school students.
Posted in Attention, Education, Health & Wellness, Movement & Exercise, School Readiness

Visuals increase attention. Now science explains why.

Visuals increase attention. Now science explains why.

A neurochemical explanation for why looking at something actually helps kiddos pay better attention.
Posted in Attention, Education, Engagement, Movement & Exercise, Neuroscience

Fit Kids, Fat Vocabularies

Fit Kids, Fat Vocabularies

New study suggests exercise can boost kids’ vocabulary growth

Posted in Education, Health & Wellness, Language, Movement & Exercise, Neuroscience, Reading Skills, Speech