Posts Tagged ‘dyslexia’
Update: Videogames or Meditation?; Internship Program @ SharpBrains
First of all, an announcement. We are starting a Virtual Internship Program @ SharpBrains, allowing full-time undergrad and grad students and postdocs to lead 100-hour projects jointly defined by themselves and by SharpBrains. Interested candidates should Contact Us indicating a) a preliminary project proposal (200 words or less), and b) brief bio and qualifications (200 words or…
Read MoreLearning with Video Games: A Revolution in Education and Training?
In recent years, we have witnessed the beginnings of a revolution in education. Technology has fundamentally altered the way we do many things in daily life, but it is just starting to make headway in changing the way we teach. Just as television shows like Sesame Street enhanced the passive learning of information for kids…
Read MoreUnlocking Dyslexia in Japanese
Great article in the Wall Street Journal today: Unlocking Dyslexia in Japanese. Quotes: — “Experiences like that of the Lundays are providing scientists and educators with clues about how people with dyslexia learn and how best to teach them. Researchers have long observed that some dyslexics have an easier time with languages like Japanese and…
Read MoreUsing Brain Plasticity to help Children with Learning Disabilities
Did you read The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science, the great book on neuroplasticity by Norman Doidge? If so, you will have heard about the Arrowsmith School/ Program, which was also one of the Top Ten Finalists in 2010 Brain Fitness Innovation Awards. The following is…
Read More10% Students may have working memory problems: Why does it matter?
Working memory is our ability to store and manipulate information for a brief time. Read this blog post on how 10% students may have working problems.
Read MoreThe Brain Fitness/ Training Market: An Executive Summary
Over the next weeks we are going to be sharing the Executive Summary of our market report The State of the Brain Fitness Software Market 2008 with members and clients of several partner organizations (the British Columbia Seniors Living Association, where I will be speaking this Thursday, Neurotech Reports, where I will speak on October…
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