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Quantum dots control brain cells for the first time
In an unlikely marriage of quantum physics and neuroscience, tiny particles called quantum dots have been used to control brain cells for the first time.Having such control over the brain could one day...
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Breaking the Code: Why Yuor Barin Can Raed Tihs
How can our brains decipher even garbled nonsense? A key factor could be context.Jim Siders's insight:toward literacySee it on Scoop.it, via neuroscience in special education
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Why Two New Studies Represent an Important Breakthrough in Alzheimer’s...
Two different research groups have independently made the same important discoveries on how Alzheimer’s disease spreads in the brain. The groups’ findings have the potential to give us a much more...
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Primed for Addiction?
Families hand down many things from one generation to the next—and addiction can be one of them. A child of drug-addicted parents is eight times more likely to become an addict than a child growing up...
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The Neuroscience of Looking on the Bright Side
Scientists use "prediction errors" to understand the brain's natural optimism (Scientific American)See it on Scoop.it, via neuroscience in special education
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Addicted! Scientists show how internet dependency alters the human brain
Internet addiction has for the first time been linked with changes in the brain similar to those seen in people addicted to alcohol, cocaine and cannabis. (The Independent)See it on Scoop.it, via...
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The neuroscience of happiness
New discoveries are shedding light on the activities that make us happy.See it on Scoop.it, via neuroscience in special education
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9 Ways Neuroscience Has Changed The Classroom
9 Ways Neuroscience Has Changed The Classroom (RT @TeachThought: 9 Ways Neuroscience Has Changed The Classroom http://t.co/QhLjp7qa)See it on Scoop.it, via neuroscience in special education
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Special call-in show on pre-kindergarten education
As part of our State of Opportunity reporting project, Michigan Radio's Jennifer White hosted a special, hour-long call-in show examining the importance (RT @Ready_Nation: Radion in #Michigan on #PreK...
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Neural networks in psychiatry
[Abstract] Over the past three decades numerous imaging studies have revealed structural and functional brain abnormalities in patients with neuropsychiatric diseases. These structural and functional...
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Current status of chemokines in the adult CNS
HighlightsA better understanding of the role of chemokines and their receptors in the CNS in addition to the immune system.This review focuses on recent data about three couples CXCL12/CXCR4,...
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Physical Therapy In Autism Spectrum Disorders
The CDC estimated a 1% worldwide prevalence for autism spectrum disorders (ASD). In the United States, 1 out of 88 kids is diagnosed with ASD (according to data from a survey conducted in 2008). Autism...
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Obama Seeking to Boost Study of Human Brain
The Obama administration is planning a decade-long scientific effort to examine the workings of the human brain and build a comprehensive map of its activity. (...) - by John Markoff, The New York...
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Scientists construct first map of how the brain organizes everything we see
Our eyes may be our window to the world, but how do we make sense of the thousands of images that flood our retinas each day? Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have found that the...
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How poverty influences a child's brain development
Science is figuring out exactly how the damage is done and what steps can be taken to halt and then heal itSee it on Scoop.it, via neuroscience in special education
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Smart Teaching: Understanding What the Brain Can’t Ignore | 252 Blog
Do you know why infographics that combine compelling graphics, charts, lists and texts are so popular and spread so quickly? Our brain processes visual information 60,000 times faster than printed...
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How Technology is Changing the Way Children Think and Focus | Psychology Today
By Jim Taylor, Ph. D. "There is...a growing body of research that technology can be both beneficial and harmful to different ways in which children think. Moreover, this influence isn’t just...
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Can the Brain be Trained to Better Multitask?
The first role of trained infotention is to recognize whether or not multitasking, single-minded focus, or alert but diffused attention is the most appropriate mind-tool for the task at hand....
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Scientists decode why Einstein was a genius
Physicist Albert Einstein's brain had an extraordinary prefrontal cortex - unlike those of most people - which may have contributed to his remarkable genius,See it on Scoop.it, via neuroscience in...
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12 talks on understanding the brain
[Videos] Read Montague is interested in the human dopamine system -- or, as he puts it in this illuminating talk from TEDGlobal 2012, that which makes us "chase sex, food and salt" and therefore...
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Learning and reconsolidation implicate different synaptic mechanisms
Synaptic mechanisms underlying memory reconsolidation after retrieval are largely unknown. Here we report that synapses in projections to the lateral nucleus of the amygdala implicated in auditory fear...
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Voices may not trigger brain's reward centers in children with autism
In autism, brain regions tailored to respond to voices are poorly connected to reward-processing circuits, according to a new study by scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine.The...
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Understanding How the Brain Thinks | Edutopia
Empowering and connecting teachers, administrators, and parents with innovative solutions and resources to better education. Join the conversation today!See it on Scoop.it, via neuroscience in special...
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The Neurological Explanation For Practice Makes Perfect
The Neurological Explanation For Practice Makes PerfectSee it on Scoop.it, via neuroscience in special education
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Why we need more visual texts in our teaching and learning
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The Brain Science Behind Learning
Details how the infographic Brainy Approaches to Learning supports Personalized Learning.See it on Scoop.it, via neuroscience in special education
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Your Child's Brain on Math - Pacific Standard
Pacific Standard Your Child's Brain on Math Pacific Standard Parents whose children are struggling with math often view intense tutoring as the best way to help them master crucial skills, but a new...
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Your Brain Is Hooked on Being Right
The adrenaline and dopamine rush you get from winning an argument feels good. Too good.See it on Scoop.it, via neuroscience in special education
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Smart Teaching: Understanding What the Brain Can’t Ignore | 252 Blog
Do you know why infographics that combine compelling graphics, charts, lists and texts are so popular and spread so quickly? Our brain processes visual information 60,000 times faster than printed...
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What Neuroscience Really Teaches Us, and What It Doesn't
The sort of short, simple explanations of complex brain functions that often make for good headlines rarely turn out to be true.See it on Scoop.it, via neuroscience in special education
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