Brain Training for Babies: Hope, Hype, Both?

By Dr. Pascale Michelon | September 28, 2011

Train­ing the brain is pos­si­ble because of neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty. Our dai­ly expe­ri­ences can trig­ger neu­ro­plas­tic changes in the brain, such as the growth of new brain cells (neu­rons) and new con­nec­tions (synaps­es) between neu­rons. Plas­tic­i­ty is observed at all ages but is at its peak dur­ing brain devel­op­ment, as a baby and then a child learns…

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Neuroscience, brain development and cognitive health

By Alvaro Fernandez | April 13, 2009

Round-up of recent arti­cles on neu­ro­science, brain devel­op­ment and cog­ni­tive health: Encephalon 68: A car­ni­val of neu­ro­science: Chris hosts a great col­lec­tion of neu­ro­science and psy­chol­o­gy posts in his sig­na­ture Q&A style. Bilin­gual Babies Get Head Start — Before They Can Talk: — Unlike the mono­lin­gual group, the bilin­gual group was able to suc­cess­ful­ly learn a…

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