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Petting Therapy Dogs Enhances Thinking Skills

Petting Therapy Dogs Enhances Thinking Skills

New research shows petting therapy dogs enhances thinking skills of stressed students.
Posted in Education, Health & Wellness, Neuroscience

Leaving Kids to Fight It Out On Their Own

Leaving Kids to Fight It Out On Their Own

Zero to minimal intervention during conflict among children is a characteristic of the mimamoru approach practiced in Japanese schools to foster the voluntary participation of kids in their learning.

Posted in Education, Neuroscience, School Readiness, Social Development, Social Skills

Youngest Children in Class Are More Likely to Be Diagnosed with a Learning Disability

Youngest Children in Class Are More Likely to Be Diagnosed with a Learning Disability

Children born in December are almost twice as likely to be diagnosed with a learning disorder as those born in January. 
Posted in Attention, Engagement, Motivation, Neuroscience, School Readiness

Exercise Aids the Cognitive Development of Children Born Preterm

Exercise Aids the Cognitive Development of Children Born Preterm

A premature start in life can cause problems even into teenage years. A recent study indicates that training motor skills in these children helps even when they are older.
Posted in Attention, Education, Health & Wellness, Movement & Exercise, School Readiness

Sugar: High Consumption Affects Learning, Memory

Sugar: High Consumption Affects Learning, Memory

New research shows high sugar consumption early in life affects learning and memory.

Posted in Attention, Learning & Memory, Memory, Neuroscience, Nutrition

Eye Movements of Those with Dyslexia Reveal Inefficient Reading Strategies

Eye Movements of Those with Dyslexia Reveal Inefficient Reading Strategies

Using eye-tracking technology, researchers find that people with dyslexia have a profoundly different and much more difficult way of sampling visual information.
Posted in Neuroscience, Reading Skills

Integrated Rhythms is back!

Integrated Rhythms is back!

We're bringing back the popular Integrated Rhythms program with some awesome new functionality. 

NeuroNet Software Updates for Schools

NeuroNet Software Updates for Schools

Software Update for Schools: Puzzle Badges, Admin Tools, Notifications & more!

High Risk of Dyslexia? Self-Confidence is Key

High Risk of Dyslexia? Self-Confidence is Key

Confidence in their own abilities can help kids overcome difficulties with dyslexia.
Posted in Education, Language, Reading Skills

Connecting the Dots Between Engagement and Learning

Connecting the Dots Between Engagement and Learning

Changes in internal states -- such as arousal, attention, and engagement -- causes behavior changes and may help you quickly learn and master new skills.
Posted in Attention, Education, Engagement, School Readiness

Why Our Brains Miss Opportunities to Improve Through Subtraction

Why Our Brains Miss Opportunities to Improve Through Subtraction

A new study explains why people rarely look at a situation, object or idea that needs improving -- in all kinds of contexts -- and think to remove something as a solution. Instead, we almost always add some element, whether it helps or not.
Posted in Mathematics, Neuroscience, Technology

Puzzle Games Can Improve Mental Flexibility

Puzzle Games Can Improve Mental Flexibility

Puzzle video games show broad improvement to executive functions, which are important for general intelligence, dealing with new situations and managing multitasking.
Posted in Neuroscience, Technology