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Can Children Map Read at the Age of Four?

Can Children Map Read at the Age of Four?

Children start to develop the basic skills that underlie map reading from the age of four – according to new research from the University of East Anglia.
Posted in Education, Language, Learning & Memory, Memory, Neuroscience

These Movement Exercises Predicted Young Kids' School Performance

These Movement Exercises Predicted Young Kids' School Performance

Young children who performed well on these tasks were more likely to achieve higher scores for reading, writing and math.
Posted in Education, Mathematics, Neuroscience, Reading Skills

How to Train Your Brain to Ignore Distractions

How to Train Your Brain to Ignore Distractions

While strong distractions may automatically capture our attention, the trained brain can rapidly suppress such distractions to help us efficiently reach our goals.
Posted in Attention, Neuroscience

Solving a Tough Problem? Kids Use the Same Brain Network as Adults

Solving a Tough Problem? Kids Use the Same Brain Network as Adults

When kids face tough problems -- like math -- they rely on the same brain network as adults.
Posted in Education, Engagement, Mathematics, Neuroscience

Robot Helps Students with Learning Disabilities Stay Focused

Robot Helps Students with Learning Disabilities Stay Focused

Engineering researchers are successfully using a robot to help keep children with learning disabilities focused on their work.
Posted in Attention, Education, Engagement, Motivation, Neuroscience, Technology

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

Not All Preschool Math Games Are Equal

Not All Preschool Math Games Are Equal

Researchers explore whether number line games based on the concept of the mental number line can improve children’s number knowledge and basic arithmetic skills.
Posted in Education, Learning & Memory, Mathematics, Memory, Neuroscience, School Readiness

The Way We Learn From Mistakes Can Lead to Anxiety

The Way We Learn From Mistakes Can Lead to Anxiety

Student expectations of exam grades reveal which individuals have an optimistic or pessimistic outlook, and why that matters.
Posted in Education, Motivation, Neuroscience, Social Development

How Your Mood Affects the Way You Process Language

How Your Mood Affects the Way You Process Language

When participants were in a negative mood, they showed a certain type of brain activity that leads researchers to think we should pay more attention to our mood when we do some tasks.
Posted in Education, Neuroscience

Talk With Your Hands? You Might Think With Them Too!

Talk With Your Hands? You Might Think With Them Too!

When we learn, we use movement practice to embed movement patterns into our muscle memory.
Posted in Language, Neuroscience, Social Development, Social Skills, Speech

Forgetting is Natural, But These Two Techniques Can Slow it Down

Forgetting is Natural, But These Two Techniques Can Slow it Down

Researchers find that using two well-known techniques together offer drastic changes in learning effectiveness.
Posted in Education, Engagement, Learning & Memory, Memory, Neuroscience

What Your Gaze Reveals: Attention, Processing and More

What Your Gaze Reveals: Attention, Processing and More

Eye movements during tasks provide information about what the person is currently occupied with and what goals are being pursued within the task.
Posted in Attention, Engagement, Neuroscience