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Digital Games May Beat Mindfulness Apps at Relieving Stress

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Digital Games May Beat Mindfulness Apps at Relieving Stress

Highly engaging digital games which provide opportunities for mastering new skills and allowing users to feel in control may relieve stress at the end of the day more effectively than mindfulness apps.
Posted in Attention, Engagement, Health & Wellness, Neuroscience, Social Development

Aerobic exercise improves cognition, even in young adults

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Aerobic exercise improves cognition, even in young adults

Aerobic exercise training increases cognitive processes important for reasoning, planning, and problem-solving. 
Posted in Attention, Memory, Movement & Exercise, Neuroscience

Learning Language: New Insights on Basic Sounds

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Learning Language: New Insights on Basic Sounds

Surprising results from a study focusing on the roles of the brain’s left and right hemispheres in language acquisition.

Posted in Attention, Neuroscience, Speech & Language

A Map Of The Brain Can Tell What You’re Reading

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A Map Of The Brain Can Tell What You’re Reading

Color-coded maps of the brain show the semantic similarities during listening and reading and have practical implications for learning and for speech disorders, from dyslexia to aphasia.
Posted in Attention, Neuroscience, Speech & Language

Wiggling It Beats A Path For A Better Performance At School

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Wiggling It Beats A Path For A Better Performance At School

Marching, wiggling and tapping a beat aids young children to develop their self-regulation skills and improve school readiness.
Posted in Attention, Education, Engagement, Movement & Exercise, Neuroscience, School Readiness, Speech & Language

Arts and Crafts Activities Contribute to Future Scientists and Entrepreneurs

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Arts and Crafts Activities Contribute to Future Scientists and Entrepreneurs

Arts and crafts activities help children develop creative ways of thinking and significantly correlate with later success in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields.
Posted in Education, Engagement, Music, Neuroscience

Fifteen minutes of exercise creates optimal brain state for mastering new motor skills

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When asked to repeat the same task 24-hours later, participants those who had exercised for 15 minutes used far fewer brain resources than those who rested.
Posted in Attention, Engagement, Movement & Exercise, Neuroscience

Colored filter improves dyslexic children's reading speed

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Colored filter improves dyslexic children's reading speed

Reading, one of the most difficult activities for children with dyslexia, can be improved by the use of a colored filter.
Posted in Attention, Engagement, Neuroscience, Reading Skills, Technology

Writing bursts: How important are spelling accuracy and handwriting speed?

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Writing bursts: How important are spelling accuracy and handwriting speed?

Researchers from the University of London found that spelling accuracy, handwriting speed, and frequent pausing for misspellings were significant predictors of the length and quality of children's writing bursts.
Posted in Education, Handwriting, Neuroscience, Speech & Language

Do persistent babies make for successful adults?

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Do persistent babies make for successful adults?

University of Washington researchers argue that greater study of infant persistence can shed light on the factors that instill persistence, and the outcomes that may emerge from it later in life.
Posted in Attention, Engagement, Motivation, Neuroscience

Babies who hear two languages at home develop advantages in attention

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Babies who hear two languages at home develop advantages in attention

Six-month-old babies who are brought up hearing more than one language show advantages in early development of attention
Posted in Attention, Neuroscience, Speech & Language

Need to remember something? Better draw it, study finds

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Need to remember something? Better draw it, study finds

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have found that drawing pictures of information that needs to be remembered is a strong and reliable strategy to enhance memory.

Posted in Handwriting, Memory, Neuroscience, Speech & Language