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

By SharpBrains | December 28, 2011

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)

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More Friends, Bigger Brain

By Greater Good Science Center | May 12, 2011

Editor’s Note: We are pleased to bring you this arti­cle by Sian Beilock, thanks to our col­lab­o­ra­tion with the Greater Good Mag­a­zine. (Pic by Leigh Wells) Ever won­der why some peo­ple have more friends than oth­ers? Why some run in large and com­plex social cir­cles while oth­ers have a small group of acquain­tances? There are…

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