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There are a lot of misconceptions about the brain, and social media sometimes does more harm than good when it comes to perpetuating some of the untruths. Here are a few of the most commonly confused tidbits about the human brain. You’re either left-brained or right-brained. FALSE. This long-standing myth has been debunked. There is ...

Military families often go through major challenges that our non-military counterparts don’t. There are the frequent moves (sometimes in the middle of the school year), the long separations, living far away from extended family and, of course, the constant worries associated with deployments to war zones. That’s why acknowledgements of service (both to soldiers and ...

In her book, The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way, Time magazine journalist Amanda Ripley writes about Americans’ lackadaisical attitudes toward math, despite its thread being woven into practically every profession. From measuring floor covering to making change for customers, understanding math is crucial, and yet we sometimes downplay its ...

Brain training experts Ken Gibson and Tanya Mitchell have created a listof toys, games, and activities that support healthy cognitive development.“We want to give parents practical tips they can use to make savvybuying decisions,” Gibson explains. “Science continues toprovide insights into how plastic our brains really are, and there’sabsolutely no reason not to use that ...

The Special Needs Brain: Research That’s Changing How We Address Learning Struggles As a leader in field of cognitive training research, the Gibson Instituteof Cognitive Research (www.gibsonresearchinstitute.org), along with one-on-one brain training company LearningRx (www.LearningRx.com) has gathered some of the top research related to special needs and learningstruggles. For parents and educators seeking ways to ...

New research published in Nature Communications has found that adolescents’ brains react more responsively to receiving rewards. (If you’re curious, the World Health Organization defines adolescence as the period between the ages of 10 and 19.) Although this strong reward system can lead to risky behavior, it can also be used to make learning easier. ...

If you’re thinking of having your child’s learning skills assessed, there are a lot of choices. Read on to discover the difference between five of the more common types of tests to evaluate cognitive skills. Achievement assessments: These tests measure proficiency in specific subjects and can alert parents to holes in their children’s education. Although ...

Report cards. Seldom have two words caused such anxiety for both students and parents. For some, poor grades can reflect feelings of inadequacy (as a student or a parent), worries about being held back a grade, or fears of not getting into a good college. Who’s to blame for learning struggles? For parents, these fears ...

Transitioning from a summer of sleeping in, playing all day and staying up late, to a strict school regime with homework and tests is tough for anyone. Factor in things like ADHD, multiple extracurricular activities and a new teacher (and, sometimes, a new school!), and you’ve got the recipe for homework struggles. So what’s a ...

Just because it’s wrapped in pretty paper doesn’t mean it’svaluable. Sometimes the best gifts aren’t appreciated until thechild is older because they’re not “hands-on” toys,clothes, or accessories. Here are 10 gifts that are worthy of your financial or time investmenttoday because they “pay off” (sometimes literally, sometimesfiguratively) in the long run. Responsibility. Have you ever ...