Tutoring versus Brain Training?
Dear Parents, the reality is . . . waiting for your child to “grow out of” learning, reading, or attention difficulties is not re...
The very hungry brain
The brain uses about 25% of the body’s energy—which is a lot, considering it makes up only 2% of the body’s weight. As it turns o...
Young people, social media, and scientific research
In the last few years, many researchers have found that using social media can have negative effects on mental health, and shared...
New brain link to anxiety and OCD
In a new study, researchers have linked anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) to the dysfunction of a special type of b...
How the brain tunes in
When you’re in a noisy place, how does your brain tune out background noise, and tune in to the one person’s voice that you’re tr...
Walk to a Dementia diagnosis
Two of the most common forms of dementia are Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia. Although the two are expressed different...
No quick fix for ADHD but a variety of different strategies
There is no quick fix for ADHD. Although medication can help treat people’s symptoms, it’s only part of an overall ADHD tre...
Starring role for Long-Term Memory
Scientists have long considered neurons to be the stars in the brain. But star-shaped cells called astrocytes—previously thought ...
Left-Handedness in the brain
About 10% of people are left-handed, but what makes them so? Scientists have recently made some headway in answering this questio...