Posts Tagged ‘attention control’
Can neuroplasticity-based interventions address tinnitus-related cognitive deficits?
Tinnitus: Turning Down the Volume (MedPage Today): “The drug D‑cycloserine was no more effective than placebo when used with a computer-based cognitive training program for relieving persistent ear ringing in patients with tinnitus in a small clinical study, but patients did report fewer cognitive difficulties…
Read MoreHow to Integrate Social-Emotional Learning into Common Core Standards
Do the Common Core State Standards undermine social-emotional learning? Many educators think so. In a recent Ed Week op-ed, an elementary principal argued that teachers were too busy teaching Common Core to address the social-emotional development of their students. I’ve heard the same argument from many teachers. This is troubling given that researchers strongly suggest that the learning process…
Read MoreUSA Hockey uses cognitive training to enhance pattern recognition, game-intelligence
Asteroids on Ice: Video Game Helps Young Players Develop Skills (New York Times): “Could a desktop computer game be what makes the young Americans so good?… “Work the brain; the science is there,” said Danton Cole, in his fourth season as the coach of USA Hockey’s U‑18 team…For the past five seasons,
Read MoreResearch: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Helps Adults with ADHD
Many adults with ADHD do not obtain their diagnosis until adulthood and have struggled with difficulties related to undiagnosed ADHD for their entire lives.
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