Research & Articles

Neuronal Boost: Lactate's Key Role in Brain Development Uncovered

The study uncovers how lactate, an exercise and metabolism byproduct, may play a vital part in brain development and neuronal differentiation.

Nature or nurture? It's all about the message

Were Albert Einstein and Leonardo da Vinci born brilliant or did they acquire their intelligence through effort?

Guidance during play enhances children's learning and development.

Can guidance during play enhance children's learning and development in educational contexts? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Brain Waves Synchronize when People Interact

The minds of social species are strikingly resonant.

Mindfulness and relaxation techniques boost frontal theta power in the brains of athletes

The findings provide insights into how mindfulness and relaxation interventions can benefit athletes' mental well-being.

How to Encourage Imaginary Play (and Why it's so Important)

Imaginary play (also known as pretend play) helps kids' cognition, emotions, and promotes problem-solving and creativity. Five ideas to help encourage your child's imaginary play.

Dopamine Function and Schizophrenia

Neuroscientists discovered how vitamin D deficiency impacts the development of neurons, contributing to disorders such as schizophrenia.

Cytoelectric Coupling: Electrical Fields Fine-Tune Brain Functioning

Akin to households arranging their TV setup for optimal viewing experience, this theory could significantly enhance our understanding of the brain's inner workings.

Can Mindfulness Change Your Brain Structure

Studies have shown that regular mindfulness practice can increase the amount of grey matter in certain regions of the brain, including the hippocampus, which is involved in memory and learning.

What is life? Why cells and atoms haven't answered the question.

Scientists working across domains now think that understanding life requires putting a new actor on to the stage and letting it take the lead: the flow of information.

In Sync Brainwaves Predict Learning

This is the first study to show that the extent to which students' and teachers' brainwaves are in sync during real-world learning can predict how well students retain information from class.

What are the best lucid dreaming techniques?

Lucid dreaming holds a widespread appeal, but many people simply can't do it. So what do studies show are the best techniques?

Scientists Say Child's Play Helps Build A Better Brain

When it comes to brain development, time in the classroom may be less important than time on the playground.

ADHD linked to oxygen deprivation before birth

Children who had in-utero exposure to ischemic-hypoxic conditions, situations during which the brain is deprived of oxygen, were significantly more likely to develop attention deficit hyperactivity di...

The Books You Read Really Make You Who You Are

Stories can literally transport us into the mind and body of a character.

Harsh Discipline Increases Risk of Children Developing Lasting Mental Health Problems

Children who experience harsh parenting are 1.5 times more likely to have mental health systems that are considered high-risk by age nine.

Amino Acid-Starved Brains Stay Smaller Through Life

Our developing brains demand the right nutrients at the right times.

How Parents' Personalities Shape Their Kids' Lives

It's a good lesson for everyone. Personalities are largely set, but behaviors can change.

Oral Sensory: "Awakening" Oral Sensory Receptors for Chewers, Biters and Suckers

This article discusses oral sensory items and toys that can help children that are hyposensitive to food, textures and toys.

The importance of keeping a beat: Researchers link ability to keep a beat to reading, language skills

An activity that requires coordination of hearing and movement is likely to rely on solid and accurate communication across brain regions.

5 Ways Kids Learn to Be Codependent

How have you overcome codependency in your own life?

The Contribution of Physical Exercise to Brain Resilience

A growing number of studies have demonstrated that exercise not only recovers or minimizes cognitive deficits by inducing better neuroplasticity and cognitive reserve but also counteracts brain pathol...

'All work, no independent play' cause of children's declining mental health

A new study suggests the rise in mental health disorders in children and teens is attributed to a decline over decades in opportunities for them to play, roam and engage in activities independent of d...

5 Tips To Help Students Arrive At Their Own Understandings

How To Help Students Arrive At Their Own Understandings

Are mental health disorders ever purely biological?

Two physical anthropologists argue that you cannot pin most mental health disorders on brain chemistry alone. As antidepressants will soon be a $16B industry, the chemical imbalance theory suits busin...

Effects of vestibular stimulation on motor development and stereotyped behavior of developmentally delayed children

Effects of vestibular stimulation on motor development and stereotyped behavior of developmentally delayed children.

Motor Skill Interventions in Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Motor Skill Interventions in Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Gut Feeling: How the Gut–Brain Axis Affects Our Mood

The extent of the gut–brain connection is particularly striking in the field of microbiome research. Studies have shown that the microenvironment of the gut can alter the course of neuropsychiatric di...

Deep Dive: Can Too Much Sweetener Affect Your Grandchildren's Anxiety?

A new study suggests that aspartame, the common sweetener, produces anxiety-like behavior in mice, an effect that was passed on to multiple subsequent generations.

Musgutova Method of Reflex Integration for Children with Cerebral Palsy

Conversion disorder is a condition in which the patient presents with neurological symptoms without an apparent neurological cause. It is thought that this disturbance arises in response to psychologi...

Cup Stacking: Studies Show Cup Stacking Activities Improve Reading Test Scores and Cross-Patterning Brain Development

This article provides information on the benefits of cup stacking activities and the impact it can have on brain building for higher learning.

The polyvagal theory: New insights into adaptive reactions of the autonomic nervous system

The polyvagal theory: New insights into adaptive reactions of the autonomic nervous system