News: Neuroscience Applied to Learning, Mental Health, Healthy Aging

Here you have a round-up of recent news on how cog­ni­tive and affec­tive neu­ro­science find­ings are start­ing to inform edu­ca­tion and health across the lifespan:

Pedi­a­tri­cians issue a call to aid chil­dren fac­ing ‘tox­ic stress’ (LA Times)

Teach­ers as Brain-Chang­ers: Neu­ro­science and Learn­ing (EdWeek)

Abbott and Uni­ver­si­ty of Illi­nois Estab­lish Cen­ter for Nutri­tion, Learn­ing and Mem­o­ry (Press release)

Major Depres­sion requires sev­er­al Treat­ment Steps for Remis­sion (Med­ical News)

Com­put­er­ized Brain Train­ing Aids Cog­ni­tion in Schiz­o­phre­nia (Psy­ch­News)

Cog­ni­tive Train­ing for Anx­i­ety & Depres­sion in Old­er Adults (Stan­ford University)

Does Brain Size Mat­ter in Clues to Alzheimer’s? (ABC News)